Estimates of cheetah numbers are 'guesswork,' say researchers

Current estimates of the number of cheetahs in the wild are 'guesswork', say the authors of a new study which finds that the population in the cheetah stronghold of Maasai Mara, Kenya, is lower than previously thought. The female cheetah with her cubs. The results of this study will allow threats and conservation efforts  to be quantified and monitored in the future [Credit: University of Oxford]In the early 1900s it was believed...

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