Originally, cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) were found from the Cape of Good Hope to the Mediterranean, throughout the Arabian Peninsula to the southern part of the former Soviet Union. Population numbers have declined from more than 100,000 in 1900 to approximately 9,000 to 12,000 free-ranging cheetah in Africa. Two population strongholds remain: Kenya/Tanzania in East Africa and Namibia/Botswana in southern Africa. In Namibia, between 1980 and 1991, the population of cheetah was estimated to have declined by 50%, leaving a population of 2,500 animals. The decreasing numbers are a result of drought, human, livestock and predator conflict. As humans turn more and more of the cheetah's habitat into farmland for livestock production, cheetah are routinely indiscriminately killed as being possible livestock predators.