There are said to be fewer than 50 Asiatic cheetahs left in the world, all in Iran VAHID SALEMI/APA subspecies of cheetah is facing extinction after the UN stopped funding a programme to protect it, conservationists have warned. There are thought to be fewer than 50 Asiatic cheetahs in the world, all in Iran. The UN Development Programme said it had spent about £600,000 on the cheetah project over the past few years, but could not continue. Iran cut funding for endangered species because of international sanctions. “Lack of funding means extinction for the Asiatic cheetah, I’m afraid,” Jamshid Parchizadeh, an Iranian conservationist, told The Observer.

Source: The Times December 18, 2017 01:30 UTC