The National Zoo Reveals Its Cheetah Mom Gave Birth to 4 Cubs During Government Shutdown Closure

On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) announced that its 5-year-old ...
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Litter of Four Cheetah Cubs Are Born at Front Royal Campus, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, are ...
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Watch Four Furry and Adorable Cheetah Cubs on the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Online Feed

Tens of thousands of cheetahs roamed Asia and Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. But in recent decades, their ...

4 cheetah cubs were born during shutdown at Virginia Smithsonian location, institute says

Four cheetah cubs born during the government shutdown were on a live display as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology ...

Cheetah cubs born at National Zoo's Front Royal campus during government shutdown

On Oct. 17 and 18, a litter of four new cheetah cubs was born at the National Zoo’s Front Royal campus. The cubs, and mom ...
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Litter of 4 cheetah cubs born at Smithsonian’s Front Royal Zoo

A litter of four cheetah cubs was born on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Front Royal, Virginia, campus in October.
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She raised a cheetah cub in the ’70s. Now, she’s saving them from extinction.

Back in the 1970s, Dr. Laurie Marker hand-raised a cheetah cub and successfully taught it to hunt, sparking a lifelong mission. Since then, she’s built the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, a ...