It was a cheetah, the beloved Chico, which helped launch the remarkable careers of Siegfried & Roy. Now, a decline in prey, loss of habitat, poaching, and indiscriminate trapping and shooting threaten the survival of the cheetah throughout the world. Only 12,400 cheetahs remain in 25 African countries, and 200 cats survive in Iran. Namibia has the worlds largest number of cheetahs, yet only 2,400 remain in the wild.