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Montgomery, Sy.
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Cheetah Conservation Fund -- Juvenile literature.
Cheetah -- Africa -- Juvenile literature.
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Montgomery, Sy.
Cheetah Conservation Fund -- Juvenile literature.
Cheetah -- Africa -- Juvenile literature.
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Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop.
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Montgomery, Sy.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2014.
Call #:
599
.759096
M788cc
Subjects
Cheetah Conservation Fund -- Juvenile literature.
Cheetah -- Africa -- Juvenile literature.
Series
Scientists in the field.
ISBN:
9780547815497 (hbk.)
0547815492 (hbk.)
Description:
69 p. : ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Meet the ambassadors -- Fast facts on the fastest cats -- Chapter 2. Laurie's story: "somebody" was me -- Chapter 3. Saving cats with dogs -- The goats who help train farmers -- Chapter 4. Messages written in scent -- Taking the measure of a tree -- Chapter 5. Cooking with poop and toasting hair -- Secrets of DNA -- Chapter 6. Game drive -- The crucial role of predators -- Conservancies: sharing the wealth of wildlife -- Chapter 7. boot camp for cheetahs -- Chapter 8. A checkup for Blondi -- Cheetahs by the numbers -- Chapter 9. A visit to the future -- Laurie's advise for saving the world.
Summary:
Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers.
Other authors:
Bishop, Nic, 1955-
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