Caring for Cheetahs - Softcover

""An effective photo journal of an African adventure and a Cheetah Conservation Fund publicity piece outlining its work. ... While there are many other books about cheetahs, this is the only one about the CCF in action.""--School Library Journal ""Like the best conservation stories, this beautiful photo-essay explores the animal-human connection and the urgency of the work to save the fastest land animals on earth.""--Booklist ""Beautifully designed ... the oversized pages are well-stocked with bright, sharp color photos of the ever-graceful creatures running, stalking about or at rest.""--Kirkus Reviews ""[T]he multitude of pictures show a magnificent cast of highly photogenic cats that will ... absorb reader attention.""--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Book " Like the best conservation stories, this beautiful photo-essay explores the animal-human connection and the urgency of the work to save the fastest land animals on earth. . . . Fans of books by Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey will identify with Laurie Marker, founder of the CCF, where science and research combine with tough love." --"Booklist" "While there are many other books about cheetahs, this is the only one about the CCF in action." --"School Library Journal" "Beautifully designed. . . . This should turn not only cheetah fans but animal lovers of all sorts into budding advocates." --"Kirkus Reviews" "Like the best conservation stories, this beautiful photo-essay explores the animal-human connection and the urgency of the work to save the fastest land animals on earth. . . . Fans of books by Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey will identify with Laurie Marker, founder of the CCF, where science and research combine with tough love." --"Booklist" "[T]he multitude of pictures show a magnificent cast of highly photogenic cats that will . . . absorb reader attention." --"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Book"

Of all endangered species, the cheetah is among those most in need of help. Humans are taking over cheetah habitat, changing it into farms and settlements. Afraid that cheetahs will take their livestock, farmers shoot or poison cheetahs. The number of cheetahs is so small that people are now working to save them one by one. "Caring for Cheetahs" tells of the author's visit at a nature reserve run by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). At one time or another, each cheetah at the reserve was taken in as an orphan or to receive medical care for an injury or illness. Many have been released back to the wild.