“The wild goats are the undisputed rulers of the cliffs, but as soon as they step onto the plains, they become easy prey for the Iranian cheetah…”
The documentary film “Tanhavash” is the latest production of the Wildlife Pictures Institute, produced in 2015.
The film’s synopsis reads:
The Asiatic cheetah is a unique subspecies of the African cheetah that has become extinct throughout Asia except in Iran, where it is known as the Iranian Cheetah. Today, fewer than a hundred individuals remain in the wild, and the species faces a severe risk of extinction.
Since 2009, in collaboration with the Asiatic Cheetah Project, the Iranian Cheetah Society, and the Plan for the Land Association, an extensive research program began to estimate the population of the Asiatic cheetah in Kavir National Park — the largest national park in Iran. Despite great efforts and the installation of dozens of camera traps, only one image of a male cheetah was recorded.
For me, as a wildlife filmmaker, this was not good news. Therefore, I decided to dedicate all my efforts to proving the presence of more cheetahs across the vast expanse of Iran’s largest national park.
This search lasted six years, across a land as vast as Switzerland — and eventually led to an astonishing discovery…
For more information about this film, visit the documentary page for Tanhavash.
The wild goats rule the cliffs — but once they descend, they become an easy meal for the cheetah…!
