VANIER: Saudi Arabia has kicked off a football league for women. It's the latest in a series of changes made by the Saudi government loosen strict social rules and modernize the ultra conservative Kingdom. The league is for women aged 17 and older. Official say the league initially will be set in Riyadh, Jeddah and Daman but has the potential to expand. Wild life experts are cheering a milestone at the Columbus zoo in Ohio for the first time a cheetah has given birth to two cubs through in vitro fertilization. Is it a major breakthrough for the species and that is because over the past 50 years Cheetahs have become extinct in at least 13 countries and the roughly 7000 cheetahs remaining in the wild are into threat from habitat destruction and hunting? Making matters worse, people are illegally buying and selling cheetahs as pets. Conservationists are pushing to abdicates to the endangered species list. Cheetahs face a difficult time breeding while in captivity about a third of the cats in zoos are unable to breed because of age, because of health, or because of behavioral issues. However the successful In Vitro birth is giving experts hope of saving not just the cheetah, but many other rare and endangered species. That's your BRIEF for today. I'm Cyril Vanier. "WORLD SPORT" is up next.
Two Cheetah Cubs Born Through In Vitro Fertilization.