© ZSLBe captivated by the beauty and magnificence of the fastest land animal on earth when you visit our brand new experience, Cheetah Rock.

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© ZSL - Sarah DurantA wild adoption is a unique gift idea for yourself or for someone special. Your support through a Wild Adoption will be a direct contribution to our continuing conservation work.

Adopt a wild cheetah

© ZSL / WCSView our stunning gallery of cheetah images taken by Sarah Durant our senior research fellow on our Tanzania conservation project.

Cheetah gallery - Tanzania conservation programme

© ZSL - Tina EngelmannMeet Mark Holden, Team Leader of the Africa section at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo as he gives us an insight into keeper life, his inspiration to work with animals and his thoughts on the fantastic new exhibit Cheetah Rock. Meet the Keeper

© ZSL - Sarah DurantCheetah conservation has been a major focus for ZSL since 1991. In Tanzania we have been carrying out the longest running in depth study of a wild cheetah population.

Since 1974 the Serengeti Cheetah Project has been keeping track of individual cheetahs living on the plains in the southern part of the Serengeti National Park.

Find out more about our cheetah conservation work.

© John O’ReillyCheetahs have been a long-standing success story at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, where a staggering 130 cubs have been born and reared in the last 40 years.

© ZSL/WCSCheetahs can reach speeds of up to 100km per hour (70mph) and are the world's fastest land mammal.

Find out more cheetah facts.