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World Migratory Bird Day

by pourmir October 14, 2023
written by pourmir 1 minutes read

World Migratory Bird Day is the most important and largest day in the world to raise awareness about the importance of birds in nature. This year’s slogan for World Migratory Bird Day is concise and has only one word: “Water!”

Migratory birds depend on water and the loss of wetland ecosystems and water resources will mean the loss of the amazing phenomenon of bird migration, which is the guarantor and indicator of the health of their habitats.

In the images captured by the Iranian Cheetah Society’s camera traps, some common vultures, which are scavenger birds of Iran, can be seen using one of the waterholes in the Turan Biosphere Reserve. This image shows that water resources, although small and limited in desert areas, are of great importance for the survival of birds.

The Iranian Cheetah Society and the Avaye Boom Bird Conservation Society will soon cooperate to improve the waterholes in the protected areas under the supervision of the Department of Environment so that these waterholes will be more protective and conducive to the survival of birds and increase the accessibility of birds to human-made waterholes.

October 14, 2023 0 comments
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Two Asiatic Cheetahs mated in captive breeding center

by pourmir January 26, 2022
written by pourmir 1 minutes read

The preparation process of “Firooz” and “Iran” at the Touran Cheetah Breeding Center has been successful. These two Asiatic Cheetahs have recently mated.

According to the released video, the two cheetahs first mated at 7:00 AM on Saturday, January 24th. During the following days, they mated a total of seventeen times.

This is a big step forward for Iranian cheetahs conservation. However, we hope that the Department of Environment of Iran properly plans the future. As the next step, “rewilding” is essential in transforming a captive population into a support population of wild cheetahs.
We are grateful to the people involved in this project and wish them continued success.
Cubs will be born in late April if mating succeeds.

January 26, 2022 0 comments
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Is there a new cheetah appeared in Kerman?

by pourmir November 1, 2018
written by pourmir 1 minutes read

A cheetah carcass has been found recently in Ravar Wildlife Refuge in Kerman Province and brought the questions to experts and followers if it is a new individual or not, and however, what is its gender? Certainly, the answers to these questions are critical for finding the solutions to save the southern population. Although most of the body lost, the skin on the remained parts of head and backbone still carry useful details for identification. Therefore we started to work on data although it was hard to give an accurate answer according to the carcass’ status.

All the photos are compared with the ICS’ cheetahs ID book precisely and lastly, the experts agreed on the most similar individual. Based on the checking, the founded carcass belongs to a male cheetah named Pouyan that was recorded by ICS in 2016 during the third phase of monitoring project in Naybandan Wildlife Refuge. This area is in southern Khorasan and located in the north of Ravar Wildlife Refuge where the carcass found a few days ago. The taken camera-trap photo in the area between Ravar and Naybandan on early 2017 proves the idea that probably Pouyan was migrating to the south. The status of teeth shows that perhaps Pouyan was old and its death had a natural cause.

All in all, the fact that this cheetah was male and not a new individual does not reduce the importance of southern habitats specifically the Ravar Wildlife Refuge according to the lack of our information but highlights the area for more study and survey on the presence or reproduction of the cheetahs in future.

November 1, 2018 0 comments
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Winners of 2016 Yahya Prize unveiled at the award ceremony

by مدیر سایت December 4, 2016
written by مدیر سایت 1 minutes read

The third Yahya Prize ceremony took place at Raad Charity Hall, Tehran, on the evening of December 4th 2016. Established by the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) in 2014 through a generous donation by an Iranian artist couple, Mojtaba Ramzi and Paridokht Moshkzad, the Yahya Prize recognises individual Iranian rangers who have done outstanding efforts to protect Iran’s wildlife and natural environment. This year the Award honoured three rangers: 1) Modaser Teymouri from Sadeh Protected Area, Razavi Khorasan Province; 2) Mousa Gholamzadeh Sarab from Dorbadam Protected Area, Razavi Khorasan Province; and 3) Ali Kalaneh from Payband National Park, Mazandaran Province. The winners received their prizes from the Award committee, which has selected the honoured rangers through an intensive five-month effort. Additionally, the Award acknowledged families of three Iranian rangers killed during the fight with poachers in 2016.

سومین مراسم جایزه یحیی

The 2016 Yahya Prize ceremony was held in collaboration with Iran Zamin Bank, University of Environment, Raad Charity, Saman Golriz, Iran Environment and Wildlife Watch (IEW), Zistboom Environment News Agency, and Wildlife Pictures Institute. Delegates from Iran Department of Environment, Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP), and several Iranian NGOs and nature lovers attended the event.

December 4, 2016 0 comments
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Cheetah Cubs Still Alive

by مدیر سایت April 8, 2013
written by مدیر سایت 2 minutes read

“The only confirmed Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran during 2012 are still alive in Minadasht, northeastern Iran. In early April 2013, an exceptionally large group of six cheetahs were seen and filmed by local people in northern area, which were split into two groups, a mother with four adolescents and two adults. While quality of the film does not allow to go for precise spot comparison; however, the family is likely the same group we photo-trapped in summer 2012. She has been an experienced mom, successfully raised all her three cubs to the age of one. In early winter 2012-2013, they were watched by the game wardens from a distance for half an hour.

The cheetahs face various challenges during their first year of life, decreasing their chance of survival. Intensive studies in Africa have revealed high juvenile mortality among the cheetahs, even up-to 95% before reaching independence fro mother (ca. 17 months) in eastern Africa. However, extremely low detectability of the Asiatic cheetahs has not allowed a proper investigation on their reproductive ecology in Iran.

Every year, around 30 herds of livestock legally graze Miandasht’s rangelands during winter. We have evidence of this female before two previous winters in the area and it is likely that she spent entire winter there, remaining un-detected among livestock. No report of cheetah sighting has been received in these two years during their winter presence in Maindasht.

However, successful rising of three juveniles to their second year has been possible due to recent enhanced protection measures in place by the Norkh Khorasan Department of Environment. Presently, gazelle population has reached to more than 600, twice population size of early 2000s. In the meantime, neighboring reserves around Miandasht now should expect the cheetahs, as they leave their mother in summer/fall 2013 to find new ranges. With respect to the area’s proximity to Turkmenistan border, even trans-boundary dispersal is plausible.

After ceasing camera trapping during winter 2012-2013 due to presence of livestock, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) and DoE are re-establishing the monitoring program by means of equipping all the areas water sources with digital camera trap to catch proper shots of the young cheetahs in order to develop a national photo ID for each individual. These IDs would help scientists to understand if they would be photographed in the same or other areas. 


The cheetah family in summer 2012

 


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April 8, 2013 0 comments
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Human-Leopard Conflict Resolution in Iran

by مدیر سایت February 14, 2013
written by مدیر سایت 1 minutes read

“One year after the start of “Capacity Building of Local Community to Conserve Persian Leopard in Caucasus Eco-Region” project, it has just entered the assessment of leopard conflict status with local people in northern Iran, lying within the Caucasus Eco-Region.

In this project, it is considered to design solution and action for conflict management with local community participation as one of the first experience of using participatory approach to mitigate human wildlife conflict in Iran.

After assessing public attitude toward leopard, this project was entered understanding livelihood of local community phase that is at end of its way. In this phase, social and natural map of villages were drawn by local people. The seasonal calendar technique was also utilized to know the pattern of lives and livelihood of villagers during a year. To complete this step, the project team has already conducted regular field missions to hold meetings with local herders, elders, vulnerable groups and other different groups of local community.

It is worth mentioning that Persian leopard as the biggest cat in Iran is endangered and according to IUCN 2008 assessment for subspecies, the most urgent threat is ever-increasing fragmentation into a patchy network of distant and often too small sub-populations, particularly in the Caucasus Eco-region which corridors are urgently needed to explore in order to link fragmented populations. Meanwhile, prey depletion is a major concern in Iranian Caucasus (including our project site) which results in human-leopard conflict due to livestock depredation. The present project is implemented in partnership with Iranian Department of Environment and UK’s People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES).”

February 14, 2013 0 comments
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The Oldest Ever Identified Persian Leopard in Iran

by مدیر سایت February 13, 2013
written by مدیر سایت 1 minutes read

Recent camera trapping in central Iran indicates that an old Persian leopard roams in Bafq Protected Area, estimated to be at least 12 to 14 years. This adult male was first recorded by camera traps in late 2004 which was a prime individual at that time. Later, he was photo-trapped regularly and he was the main star in occasional encounters with game wardens and visitors, based on spot patterns comparison. In 2007, he was equipped with GPS collar for six months by CACP, WCS and Panthera, covering most of this 850 square kilometer reserve.

Last year, the animal was still a dominant male roaming most of the reserve, indicating that he is the oldest ever identified Persian leopard in the wild.Large cats normally live no longer than 10 years in the wild, despite their significantly longer lifespan in captivity (sometimes up-to 25 years). Bafq Protected Area which is one of the main hotspots for the Persian leopard in central country is threatened due to a proposed road to be constructed through heart of the area.

 

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Camera trap image of the dominant Persian
leopard in Bafq

February 13, 2013 0 comments
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Heavy Rainfall in Cheetah Habitats

by مدیر سایت December 28, 2012
written by مدیر سایت 1 minutes read

The Asiatic cheetahs live in arid environments in Iran which have experienced severe drought during past couple of years. However, a wet fall is witnessed in majority of the cheetah habitats recently so at least three heavy rains have been occurred. Despite high importance of rainfall for the cheetah’s preys, ongoing camera trapping efforts now the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) is conducting in different areas are facing troubles due to frequent floods. So far, at least 12 camera traps have been lost and/or destroyed in the floods across multiple areas which is a great risk to continue the program.

Camera trap locations are chosen based on systematic surveys and local guards’ knowledge based on years of experience; however, unexpected fall rains in 2012 have surprised everyone. Undoubtedly, we are hopeful that such rain would contribute to make the year ahead a productive period for the critically endangered Asiatic cheetahs in Iran.

 

Naybandan Arash before flood.jpg


Naybandan Flood.jpg

December 28, 2012 0 comments
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