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008			130628s2014 mauab c b 001 0 eng
010			_a2013017611
020			_a9780547815497 (hbk.) : _c$18.99
020			_a0547815492 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)851572749
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082	0	0	_a599.75/9096 _223
092			_aJUV 599.759 _b.M767c
100	1		_aMontgomery, Sy
245	1	0	_aChasing cheetahs : _bthe race to save Africa's fastest cats / _cwritten by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
260			_aBoston ; _aNew York : _bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, _c[2014]
300			_a75 pages : _bcolor illustrations, color maps ; _c24 x 29 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
440		0	_aScientists in the field
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505	0	0	_gChapter 1. _tMeet the ambassadors -- Fast facts on the fastest cats -- _gChapter 2. _tLaurie's story: "somebody" was me -- _gChapter 3. _tSaving cats with dogs -- The goats who help train farmers -- _gChapter 4. _tMessages written in scent -- Taking the measure of a tree -- _gChapter 5. _tCooking with poop and toasting hair -- Secrets of DNA -- _gChapter 6. _tGame drive -- The crucial role of predators -- Conservancies: sharing the wealth of wildlife -- _gChapter 7. _tboot camp for cheetahs -- _gChapter 8. _tA checkup for Blondi -- Cheetahs by the numbers -- _gChapter 9. _tA visit to the future -- Laurie's advice for saving the world
520			_aDescribes 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
610	2	0	_aCheetah Conservation Fund _vJuvenile literature
650		0	_aCheetah _zAfrica _vJuvenile literature
700	1		_aBishop, Nic, _d1955- _eillustrator
907			_a.b13175967x
942			_cBOOK