Cheetahs may be fast but the question that wildlife biologists ask is,
are they fast enough to outrun extinction? Today cheetahs are an
endangered species. Like all spotted and striped cats, cheetahs have
long been under pressure by the fur trade. But, over-hunting is not the
principle problem facing cheetahs. Loss of habitat, competition with
large predators and ranchers, as well as its own loss of genetic
variation, is killing off the remaining cheetahs. The real threat to
cheetahs is that there is not room enough for them and their needs on a
crowded continent.
