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September 04, 2019 · 2:30 PM EDT

By Shirin Jaafari

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A black and white photo of a cheetah with mountainous terrain behind

The Asiatic cheetah, critically endangered, lives mainly in Iran, where the government is persecuting members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

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