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“He’s pretty certain cheetahs are a type of cat,” he muses before meeting Chase.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Similar cases involving cheetahs from Syria, a gorilla from Haiti, and bonobos from Iraq are among those questioned by CITES.

From Barron's Nov. 9, 2025

Villages on the park's border have been tense as cheetahs wander into their fields and kill their livestock.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2025

For years, it seemed most people considered the animals unappealing and preferred seeing “real” predators like lions or cheetahs.

From National Geographic Feb. 8, 2024

That’s what derailed attempts to domesticate cheetahs, the swiftest of all land animals, despite our strong motivation to do so for thousands of years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond