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.

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