Adorable three-month-old cheetah cubs, born to mum Darcy at the award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park, represent a major advance for the conservation of cheetahs whose numbers have fallen to around 7,000 in the wild.
Darcy, four, and their father 13-year-old Brook moved to the park’s Cheetah Territory last year and set up home in the three reserves and two specially-designed houses as part of a European breeding project.
The cubs were nurtured by Darcy in the enclosure for three months but are now strong enough to be allowed out to roam out across the 10,000 square metre reserve which is enriched with caves and grasslands.
