Endangered Saharan cheetah filmed in Algeria

Naturalists in Algeria have filmed a Saharan cheetah, a subspecies listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, for the first time in a decade, the national parks authority said.

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After a long absence, the Saharan cheetah has reappeared in the Hoggar Mountains national park. There are fewer than 200 Saharan cheetahs around the world. PHOTO: TELLER REPORT

2020-05-20 14:11:09

Naturalists in Algeria have filmed a Saharan cheetah, a subspecies listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, for the first time in a decade, the national parks authority said.

The animal was spotted in the Hoggar Mountains national park in the vast country's desert south, parks official Salah Amokrane told the state-run APS news agency.

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