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The article “Cheetahs Ghosts of the Grasslands” by Richard Coniff discusses the decline in cheetahs around the world due to predators and the destruction of their habitats. The cheetah population began diminishing an estimated amount of 10,000 years ago. About 1,500 cheetahs are living in captivity along with lions and hyenas. It might seem as if cheetahs are very fierce wild cats; however, in the Serengeti located in Tanzania Cheetahs face many threats such as cubs being killed by lions and hyenas or either die of hunger because lions eat the food that the cheetah hunted for. Biologists believe that this animal is sensitive to changes in its habitat, so the slightest change can cause harmful effects to cheetahs. Cheetahs once roamed in Asia,

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