Cheetah Conservation Fund founder Dr. Laurie Marker visits KRQE

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — One of the oldest cat species on the planet is in trouble, and the Cheetah Conservation Fund is making herculean efforts to change that downward trajectory.The cheetah is threatened by human-wildlife conflict, habitat loss, and loss of prey throughout its range in Africa. The species is also impacted by illegal trade. In the Horn of Africa, about 300 cheetah cubs are taken from the wild and smuggled into the Gulf peninsula to be sold into the black market pet tra