TY - BOOK AU - Montgomery,Sy AU - Bishop,Nic TI - Chasing cheetahs: the race to save Africa's fastest cats T2 - Scientists in the field: savannahs SN - 0547815492 (hbk.) PY - 2014///] CY - Boston, New York PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Cheetah Conservation Fund KW - Juvenile literature KW - Cheetah KW - Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1; Meet the ambassadors -- Fast facts on the fastest cats --; Chapter 2; Laurie's story: "somebody" was me --; Chapter 3; Saving cats with dogs -- The goats who help train farmers --; Chapter 4; Messages written in scent -- Taking the measure of a tree --; Chapter 5; Cooking with poop and toasting hair -- Secrets of DNA --; Chapter 6; Game drive -- The crucial role of predators -- Conservancies: sharing the wealth of wildlife --; Chapter 7; boot camp for cheetahs --; Chapter 8; A checkup for Blondi -- Cheetahs by the numbers --; Chapter 9; A visit to the future -- Laurie's advise for saving the world N2 - Describes 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 ER -