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Chasing cheetahs : the race to save Africa's fastest cats / written by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop.

By: Montgomery, Sy.
Contributor(s): Bishop, Nic 1955- [illustrator.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Scientists in the field: Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]Description: 75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780547815497 (hbk.) :; 0547815492 (hbk.).Subject(s): Cheetah Conservation Fund -- Juvenile literature | Cheetah -- Africa -- Juvenile literature | Cheetah -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 599.75 M7661
Contents:
Meet the ambassadors -- Fast facts on the fastest cats -- Laurie's story: "somebody" was me -- Saving cats with dogs -- The goats who help train farmers -- Messages written in scent -- Taking the measure of a tree -- Cooking with poop and toasting hair -- Secrets of DNA -- Game drive -- The crucial role of predators -- Conservancies: sharing the wealth of wildlife -- Boot camp for cheetahs -- A checkup for Blondi -- Cheetahs by the numbers -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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