Explorers of Hope Follow the Trail of a Cheetah in a Rural Area
Last week, we received a report about the sighting of a cheetah by the residents of Kalateh Sadat village. We, who were working in Touran, went to the site with…
Last week, we received a report about the sighting of a cheetah by the residents of Kalateh Sadat village. We, who were working in Touran, went to the site with…
Efficient protection forces are essential for preserving endangered species such as the Asiatic Cheetah. By increasing the number of protection forces in each habitat, the quality of protection in the…
Following the news of the release of new areas for mining exploration, the society expressed its concern to the government about the new mining activities in Touran and Miandasht and…
Due to the pandemic of Covid-19 and its limitations, the Explorers of Hope team was not able to travel in the past months, and their major activities were focused on…
The Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS), supported by IUCN Netherlands, succeeded in evacuating livestock in 5,600 hectares of rangeland on the edge of Touran National Park. This intervention soon paid off;…
On the 12th of May,2021 the authorities announced the discovery of an Asiatic cheetah carcass around Maimi city. The carcass, which included the end of the body of a female…
Conservation is a complicated field that could differ with different situations and the target species. These complication gets higher when the local people and their interests are involved in a…
In recent days two Asiatic cheetahs have been seen on the side of the Tehran-Mashhad road, around the Abbas Abad area. Although seeing them is gratifying their nearness to the…
The project “Securing Touran National Park for Asiatic Cheetahs” was officially funded by IUCN NL Land Acquisition Program in August 2014. The initial goal was to lease ca. 516 km2…
The Asiatic Cheetah is a species with continuous movement. According to ICS’s data recorded throughout the 3 phases of the Population Monitoring Program, this animal can move over 200 kilometers…