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Endangered Cheetahs. Kaitlyn Revalee, Marley Rooker, and Taylor S umlin. Table of Contents. Introduction about Cheetahs Why Cheetahs are endangered What is being done to save Cheetahs What can we and other people do to save Cheetahs
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Endangered Cheetahs Kaitlyn Revalee, Marley Rooker, and Taylor Sumlin
Table of Contents • Introduction about Cheetahs • Why Cheetahs are endangered • What is being done to save Cheetahs • What can we and other people do to save Cheetahs • Graph showing estimate of population of Cheetahs throughout the years • Video • Credits
Introduction about Cheetahs • Cheetahs live about 10 to 12 years and can reach up to the speed of 70 miles per hour. • There weight is usually 110 to 140 lbs. • There height is 2 ½ to 3 feet. • Cheetahs have lean bodies, long legs, a large heart, expansive lungs, and a dog like body with a cat like head.
Why Cheetahs are endangered • Cheetahs are manly endangered because loss of habitat and clashes with farmers. • The clashes happen when cheetahs try to eat food from farmers but get killed in the process. • Ranchers also kill the cheetahs to protect their life stock. • Humans have taken over most of there habitats and killed a lot of their food and the cheetahs too. They used the cheetahs fur to sell for money.
What is being done to save Cheetahs • Projects and centre's have been started up to protect and breed Cheetahs. • Schools are raising money to help the wild cheetahs survive. • People are doing many activities such as garage sales, races, walks, festival booths, parties, reading, hikes, etc.
What can we and other people do to save Cheetahs • We can help by adopting cheetahs from adoption centers. • People can visit Cheetah fund websites. • http://www.cheetah.org/ • Donate money to adopt a Cheetah.
Graph showing estimate of population of Cheetahs throughout the years We believe that in the year 2045 there will be very few Cheetahs left on earth
Video • http://s3.amazonaws.com/edmodo/Taylor53/video.mht?AWSAccessKeyId=0CRWCTVCWB17SQPJGB82&Expires=1317930167&Signature=Gplm9NsBr3nwYH6fpl7EbDRA1qY%3D
Credits • http://www.african-safari-pictures.com/endangered-cheetah.html • http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/cheetah.php • http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=earthtalks-save-the-cheetah • http://www.interestinganimals.net/why_are_cheetahs_endangered/why_are_cheetahs_endangered.html • http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/why-are-cheetahs-endangered • http://www.petitiononline.com/cheetahs/petition.html • http://s3.amazonaws.com/edmodo/Taylor53/video.mht?AWSAccessKeyId=0CRWCTVCWB17SQPJGB82&Expires=1317926654&Signature=zZknDudAqNqI2jrjwhbCCuOruwQ%3D • http://www.cheetah.org/?nd=_at_work