For decades, some people have kept big cats like cheetahs and panthers as exotic pets, attempting to domesticate them. It’s believed that around 20,000 of these big cats remain in captivity in the US, ...

POWELL, Ohio — An animal keeper at an Ohio zoo escaped serious injury on Thursday after being attacked by a cheetah, officials said. The incident occurred at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium at about 10 ...

Three tiny balls of fur huddle together for warmth inside a cardboard box. The baby cheetahs are just a few weeks old, but they've had a traumatic start to life. A smuggler was attempting to spirit ...

Taylor Swift, the cheetah cub, is just a few months old, and she's already had a few eras to her short life. The baby big cat started life in the wild with a mother to take care of her, but then was ...

Most “pet” cheetahs today belong to rich people in gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, though there’s a long history of the wealthy and powerful around the world owning ...

Here’s some cheetah cub and puppy goodness to bless your timeline. The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden recently introduced a two-month-old cheetah cub named Rozi (pronounced Rosie) and a ...

Cincinnati Zoo’s three cheetah cubs celebrated their first birthday in November, but they’re still very much babies, learning ...

HARGEISA, Somaliland — A baby cheetah named Vickey, plucked from her mother when she was just a few weeks old, was among hundreds of big cats taken by traffickers to be sold as pets in illegal online ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- There's an unusual pairing at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey: A cheetah and a domestic animal. They have bonded over their love of play and more. But as CBS2's Meg ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them.