Importance in The Economy
Cheetah pelt
Cheetahs previously were killed for their pelts because they were a status symbol. Now they help in the economy by ecotourism and they are in zoos. And since cheetahs are less aggresive than other felids they are illegally sold as cubs.
Taming
A tamed cheetah
Cheetahs have been tamed and used as pets for centuries, even back in ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians used them for hunting. The cat was hooded and blind folded, then taken to hunting fields in low sided carts that were pulled by horses. A dog would then go and weed out the prey. When the prey was near enough the cheetah was let go to get the prey. This tradition migrated to India through Persia. This method was used by Indian princes through the twentieth century. Cheetahs are still associated with royalty and elegance. Famous rulers like Charlemagne, who was said to have cheetahs on the palace grounds, Genghis Khan, and Akbar the Great, who kept 1000 cheetahs, all tamed cheetahs.
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Cheetah
Cheetahs are endangered animals.They are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of vulnerable species. In the year over 100,000 cheetahs in the world. It is estimated that there is only 9 to 12 thousand of these amazing creatures alive. Because the population of India's cheetahs is 0 India is re-wilding cheetahs. The cheetah has been the only extinct animal in India in the last 100 years. They will import cheetahs from Africa and breed them in captivity, for a certain amount of time, then released into the wild.
