CHEETAHS

What is a Cheetah
✘ Wild Cat Family
✘ Acinonyx Jubatus
✘ Weigh: 46-160lbs
✘ 65-75 mph (20-30)
✘ Live 10-12 years in
the Wild
✘ Found mainly in
Africa
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 Types of Cheetah

✘ Tanzanian Cheetah
✘ Sudan Cheetah
✘ Namibian Cheetah
✘ Saharan Cheetah
✘ Iranian Cheetah
✘ King Cheetah

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Endangerment
 15,000 2016

7,100
And Declining

91%
Have completely disappeared from Africa

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 Causes
✘ Climate Change
✘ Development
✘ Lack of Prey
✘ Poachers
✘ Illegal
Trafficking

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When they are gone, when
every last life has been
stolen, how will you
remember them?
Extinction is FOREVER

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Thanks!
Any questions?

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 Citation

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✘ “Cheetah.” Official Website of UN World Wildlife Day, wildlifeday.org/content/factsheets/cheetah.
✘ Lanting, Frans. “Cheetahs Are Dangerously Close to Extinction.” National Geographic, 28 Dec. 2016,
nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/12/cheetahs-extinction-endangered-africa-iucn-animals-science/.
✘ Formanek, Ingrid. “The Ultra-Rich Are Illegally Buying Cheetahs as Pets and It's Leading to Their Extinction.” CNN, Cable
News Network, 30 Aug. 2019, www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/africa/somaliland-cheetahs-gulf-intl/index.html.
✘ National Geographic Society. “Cheetahs: On the Brink of Extinction, Again.” National Geographic Society, 23 Aug. 2019,
nationalgeographic.org/news/cheetahs-brink-extinction-again/.
✘ Zagata, Darlene. “How Long Does a Cheetah Live?” Sciencing, 2 Mar. 2019,
sciencing.com/how-long-does-cheetah-live-4571600.html.
✘ Njeru, Gitonga. “Cheetah Struggling to Reproduce Due to Climate Change, Scientists Warn.” The Guardian, Guardian News and
Media, 7 Mar. 2012, theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/07/wildlife-animals.
✘ “King Cheetah – 10 Facts About Africa's Rarest Cat.” Africa Freak, 13 May 2019, https://africafreak.com/king-cheetah.
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