15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The tree and the cheetah

Kenya: during the last 18 years cheetah numbers have declined by 30% primarily due to increasing impact of anthropogenic factors which makes direct (killings due to conflict with livestock and hunting for live trade and skins) and indirect (habitat loss and fragmentation, reduction of prey density etc.).

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Samburu National Park, Kenya
Camera: NIKON D7100
Copyright: © Gabriella Kiss Dr