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Large carnivores such as African lion, African leopard and Cheetah have been important elements in the Ethiopian ecosystems that range from evergreen montane forests to open savannah grassland, to semi-arid and arid lowland areas. However, significant portions of their populations and suitable habitats in many of their former ranges in Ethiopia have declined overtime due to the ever-increasing human population, economic uncertainty, social and cultural disruption and the resulting ecological imbalances. Despite of this general trend, it is proportionately imperative to notice that there is a lack of consistent and justified data which depict the past and current status of the carnivores for various reasons and thus very little is known about the existing level of threats to these species.