Usain Bolt Adopts Cheetah Cub: Fastest Man Meets Fastest Animal

World sprint champion Usain Bolt adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park on Monday. The head of Kenya Wildlife Service described it as "the first time in history where the fastest animal and the...

Rare cheetah caught on camera and rare crab sighted in Britain

An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...

Cheetah Added to Endangered Species List

The Cheetah is the latest animal to be added to the Endangered Species List, along with 21 other species, including three dolphin species, six bird species and African wild dogs. The Cheetah is actually extinct in...

The Big Chill Festival 2008

Shots from the Big Chill Festival held at Eastnor Dear Park, Aug 2008

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

Beating Runaway Inflation in Kenya

" This month Kenya's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released figures showing that Kenya's annual inflation has reached 31.5%.  There are many factors contributing to this trend amongst them are...

Cheetah Pets & Cheetah Predators

The past week saw one of the most impressive and unexpected stops on the tour so far - the Otjitotongwe Cheetah Park in Namibia.Until then I hadn't caught so much of a glimpse of the world's fastest land animal, and as I said to a travel mate, I might as well pack up and...

Carnivores released into wild 'fail and die'

"Most carnivores bred in captivity and released back into the wild fail to cope and die, according to a study published on Monday. Researchers are calling for a complete rethink of such reintroductions before...

Rabid cheetah bites BBC presenter

BBC presenter Simon King, best known for the Big Cat Diary programmes, was attacked by a rabid cheetah while filming in Kenya, it has emerged.

Rabid cheetah bites BBC presenter

"BBC presenter Simon King, best known for the Big Cat Diary programmes, was attacked by a rabid cheetah while filming in Kenya, it has emerged. King was filming the story of orphaned cheetah cub Toki when a wild female ran at him, leaping up at his body. Both he and assistant...

Urban Squatting, Evolution of a Vicious Philippine Cheetah

The cheetah, known as the fastest of all land animals, runs up to sixty-five miles per hour and can seize its prey almost unobserved. Today, 80 million people in the Philippines serve prey to a more rapidly and viciously ravaging cheetah left unnoticed by most of...

Seagate to Release First 15k RPM 2.5-inch HDDs

"Seagate Technology made an unexpected announcement coming so soon after the Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas – a tag-along with CES. The company’s second wave of Savvio hard drives in the 2.5" form factor will be revved up from 10,000 to 15,000 revolutions per...
 

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