The last survivor of three critically endangered Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran has died in hospital from kidney failure.
Iran's rare Asiatic cheetah cub born in captivity has died due to kidney failure at a hospital in Tehran.
Pirouz, the only surviving Asiatic cheetah cub out of three born at a wildlife refuge in northeastern Iran last May, was just 10 months old at the time of its death.
“I apologize on behalf of the team since we failed to save his life,” the agency quoted Omid Moradi, the head of Tehran's central vet hospital.
The Asiatic cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus venaticus, is a sub-species that is critically endangered with only around 50 mature individuals remaining in Iran, according to a 2017 study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
