Three Grown Up Cheetahs (IMAGE)

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Three Grown Up Cheetahs

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Three grown up cheetahs accompanied by their mother (out of the frame) enjoy one of the few open grassland area in Hwange. This photo was taken in 2011 and since then, they have been monitored by the Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe (led by Dr. E. van der Meer) and the young female on the left (HNP013) had had three litters of her own.

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Photo by Stéphanie Périquet

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