Djibouti: Cheetah Spotted in Djibouti for the First Time in Over 30 Years

Team headed by Cape Town researcher makes exciting discovery during a biodiversity survey of this little-studied country

Good news tends to be scarce in the international conservation arena, so the recent confirmation of the presence of a wild cheetah in Djibouti after an absence of more than 30 years from this Horn of Africa country had wildlife researchers smiling broadly.

But one cheetah doesn’t necessarily make a population, they warned.

Cheetahs are one of the three species that make up the…