WORLD CHEETAH DAY

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In News: December 4 is marked as International Cheetah Day every year.

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The day is dedicated to encouraging people worldwide to help this animal win the race against extinction.
Cheetahs are carnivores and they usually chase down their prey and then bite its throat, killing it by cutting off its air supply (suffocation).
American zoologist Dr Laurie Marker is credited with creating International Cheetah Day.
Dr Marker founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund in 1991 and she designated December 4 as International Cheetah Day in 2010. Since that year, the world has been celebrating this day.
Dr Marker chose December 4th as it was the birthday of a cheetah named Khayam who she raised from a cub at Wildlife Safari in Oregon. Khayam was trained for the first research project in re-wilding and inspired her first trip to Namibia in 1977.
International Cheetah Day is also an opportunity for people to get closer to nature and protect other living beings from being harmed or endangered.
The cheetah (a big and slender cat with long legs) is popularly known as the fastest animal on earth, it can reach a top speed of 70 mph in just three seconds.
The animal weighs anywhere from 46 to 158 pounds and, unlike most other big cats, cheetahs hunt in the daytime.