The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is losing its race for survival. Once common on five continents, the cheetah is now an endangered species. A number of factors are threatening the cheetahs that remain: loss of habitat, competition for territory with large predators, persecution by ranchers and depleted genetic variation.

The Zoo provides funding to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), whose overall goal is to ensure the long-term survival of the cheetah and its ecosystems through a multidisciplinary and integrated conservation program of research and education.