Kaitlyn Revalee, Marley Rooker, and Taylor Sumlin 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 Late 1800’s 100,00 Late 1950’s 28,000 Early 1970’s 14,000 1976 8,000 – 25,000 1984 25,000 1985 1,500 – 25,000 1987 10,000 – 15,000 1991 9,000 – 12,000 2000 1,000 – 6,000 2005 600 – 1,500 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=0CRWCTVCWB1 7SQPJGB82&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_cheet ahs_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=0CRWCTVCW B17SQPJGB82&Expires=1317926654&Signature=zZknDudAqNqI2jrjwhbCCuOruwQ%3D http://www.cheetah.org/?nd=_at_work