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Oct 14, 2022

National Zoo Reveals Gender Of Two-Week Old Cheetah Cubs

The Smithsonian National Zoo confirmed Friday that four year-old Amani the cheetah gave birth earlier this month to two male cubs.

Jul 23, 2018

Seven! Tiny! Cheetahs! New Celebrity Babies Grace The Smithsonian With Their Presence

The cheetah cubs have already made their Instagram debut.

Mar 09, 2016

National Zoo Euthanizes One Of Its Cheetahs

Granger “was playful and pensive at the same time, rolling around in his sand pit one moment and then watching the clouds roll by the next.”

Oct 07, 2015

Video: Puppy And Cheetah Cub Are Unlikely BFFs

Cheetahs and dogs seem like an unlikely match—or even a disaster waiting to happen—but a very sweet, brotherly friendship is on display at the Metro Richmond Zoo right now.

Jul 21, 2015

National Zoo: 12-Year-Old Cheetah Shombay Has Died

He was the last living cheetah produced via artificial insemination.

Feb 24, 2014

National Zoo’s Cheetah Cubs Make Great Strides Towards Full Recovery

A liter of cheetah cubs born in November at the National Zoo’s Front Royal campus nearly died because of mistreatment from their mother, but luckily veterinarians were able to save them.

Jan 29, 2014

National Zoo Euthanizes Cheetah Draco

Tony Barthel, curator of the Cheetah Conservation Station, said “Our team worked tirelessly for a long time to get Draco to eat on his own. Ultimately, his long-term prognosis would not permit him a good quality of life.”

Dec 27, 2013

Deer Enters National Zoo Cheetah Yard, Doesn’t Make It Out

A spokesperson for the Zoo says that at approximately 11:40 a.m., “a keeper heard bleating from the cheetah yard.”

Jul 19, 2013

National Zoo’s Senior Female Cheetah Has Died

Initial tests indicate that Tumai, a 13-year-old female, died from a tumor that caused her spleen to rupture.

Sep 11, 2012

Cheetahs to Meet U.S. Olympian Namesakes, We Pray for Impromptu Race

U.S. Olympic sprinters Carmelita Jeter and Justin Gatlin will be at the National Zoo this week to meet the cheetah cubs that were named after them.

 
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