{"id":45394,"date":"2025-03-08T00:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/saving-cheetahs-what-1-woman-is-doing-to-help-save-the-big-cats-from-extinction\/08\/03\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T00:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:54:20","slug":"saving-cheetahs-what-1-woman-is-doing-to-help-save-the-big-cats-from-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/saving-cheetahs-what-1-woman-is-doing-to-help-save-the-big-cats-from-extinction\/08\/03\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving cheetahs \u2014 what 1 woman is doing to help save the big cats from extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NAMIBIA (WKRG<\/a>) \u2014 Nearly 8,000 miles away from the Port City, you will find Dr. Laurie Marker and the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia \u2014 a country in Africa.<\/p>\n

Dr. Marker has spent over 50 years studying cheetahs and trying to help keep the endangered cats from going extinct.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo save cheetahs, we do a variety of different programs, which include research, education and conservation,\u201d Dr. Marker said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Marker created CCF about 35 years ago in Namibia \u2014 the cheetah capital of the world \u2014 to help save the animals for future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are only about 7,000 cheetahs left in the world today, so they are Africa\u2019s most endangered big cat,\u201d Dr. Marker continued.<\/p>\n

One issue affecting the cheetah population is the illegal wildlife pet trade, which primarily comes from the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

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