The law bans all non-recyclable paper and non-biodegradable plastic bags effective July 1, 2015.

“This is really getting people to change their behaviors and that’s one of the most difficult things to do frequently and we hope people are going to understand that,” Carlisle says.

Here is what will still be allowed after the law goes into effect:

• Bags used by customers inside a business to package loose items, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, ground coffee, grains, candies or small hardware items.
• Bags used to contain or wrap frozen foods, meat, or fish, flowers or potted plants, or other items to contain dampness.
• Bags used to protect or transport prepared foods, beverages, or bakery goods.
• Bags provided by pharmacists to contain prescription medications.
• Newspaper bags for home newspaper delivery.
• Door-hanger bags.
• Laundry, dry cleaning, or garment bags, including bags provided by hotels to guests to contain wet or dirty clothing.
• Bags sold in packages containing multiple bags intended for use as garbage, pet waste, or yard waste bags.
• Bags used to contain live animals such as fish or insects sold in pet stores.
• Bags used to transport chemical pesticides, drain-cleaning chemicals, or other caustic chemicals sold at retail level, provided that this exemption shall be limited to one bag per customer.

Currently, Honolulu is the only county in the State that has not yet implemented any regulation on bags distributed to customers at checkout.

Stores on Maui and Kauai are already prohibited from using plastic bags for groceries and other items.

In January 2012, Hawaii County also approved a ban on plastic shopping bags that will take effect in two years.

Bactrian camels can be currently found in the remote areas of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts in Mongolia. It is one of the two species of camels that is surviving and has 3 humps on its back, rather than the single hump of their Arabian relatives. It is these humps that give the animal to survive the harsh conditions of the desert. These are the only true wild camels that are existing.
Habitat
The Bactrian camel a native to the steppes of central Asia and  lives in the remote regions of the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. These camels can adapt to extreme temperatures, like higher than10°F and lower than 40°F.

Status
Today there are less than thousand Bactrian camels surviving in the deserts of China and Mongolia. The 2 million camels that are alive are the domesticated ones and the numbers are very few in the wild and less than 800. The Bactrian camel has been listed as critically endangered animal.

Physical characteristics
The most noticeable feature of the Bactrian camel are the two humps, which function the very same way like the single hump in most camels. They are used for storing fat which can change to water or energy as required. It is these 2 humps that give the animal the strength to endure harsh weather and temperatures. The humps can get flabby with the depletion of fat.

The color of their wooly coat can vary from dark brown to sandy beige. There is a beard and mane on the throat and neck. The shaggy winter coat gets shed very fast and in lumps. The face of the Bactrian camel is triangular, has a split upper lip, the eyelashes are long and thick and the nostrils are sealable. These animals are about seven feet tall and weigh 300 to 700 kg.

Behavior
Bactrian camels  regularly eat snow for their water needs as snow and ice are the only source of water for them. But the animal eats only small quantities of snow at a time. These camels are found to be good swimmers. Their sense of smell and sight is really good. These camels can be found in groups or even alone and the life span of these camels is about 50 years.

Diet
The Bactrian camel is herbivores and  feeds on leaves, grass and grains. The domesticated camels are fed by the people and these camels can drink about 120 liters of water at a time. They can survive on any vegetation growing in the desert and can drink brackish water.

Threats
EDGE or the Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered project has identified the Bactrian camel as one of the top ten endangered species. Less than 1000 are known to survive in the wild. The main predators of these camels are wolves. The species has also suffered a lot due to humans. Due to the expanding industrial development and mining, these animals compete for food and water and farmers too hunt the camel.

The China and Mongolian governments have agreed to work together and protect the species and its flimsy ecosystem. The project is also supported by the Wild Camel Protection Foundation.

Interesting facts

       The camel gets its name from the ancient historical region of Bactria.

       The Bactrian camels have been the focus of artwork throughout history.

       The wild camels can drink saltwater

       Bactrian camels were domesticated 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.

       These camels can move both legs at the same time on one side of the body

       The humps, storing the excess fat, offer this fat as a reserve when the food gets scarce and helps the animal to survive for several days without getting food or water.

Do fairy tales really exist? In the terms of magical kingdoms the Lost Garden of Heligan could be a true representation of the famous Sleeping Beauty Lands. After decades of neglect following the hurricane hit in 1990 the Gardens of Heligan became swamped and choked in bramble and ivy, leaving the lands forgotten over time.

Image Credits: Ennor 

After its discovery of a tiny room, buried under fallen stonework in the corner of one walled garden, became the key to unlocking the secrets of the land. Etched into the limestone walls in barely readable writing still reads “Don’t come here to sleep or slumber – 1914” with the names of those who worked there signed underneath. An obsession was fed – one to bring these once glorious gardens back to life and to tell the stories of the ordinary people who made it all possible from the beginning. And just like the lands of sleeping beauty, with its once tired walls and halted plants, the Lost Gardens of Heligan has been transformed into its original stunning landscape that teems with a new beginning.

Image Credits: Benjamin Vander Steen

The Lost Gardens of Heligan is unique to its restoration – returning back to the times of its meticulous disciplines and traditions of the past across its late Victorian form. The estate boundaries encompass 200 acres of unique landscapes, enabling excited visitors to ramble through pasture, ancient woodlands, and micro-exotic habitats to admire livestock species and extremely elegant flower specimens.

The Jungle Valley

The unique outdoor Jungle Valley offers an 8 acre exotic experience that would appear to be constructed in a dream. With its own micro-climate, exotic large plants bloom above your heads and the sound of crackling bamboo excites your ears. It’s like stepping into another world.

 Image Credits: Emma Websdale

The Lost Valley

The LostValley is just as wondrous, offering a calm safe place to deers, otters and kingfishers to lay their residency. The passion for wildlife at Heligan shines brightly with their Wildlife Projects and close links to DEFRA for protecting vulnerable species.

Image Credits: Ennor 

Mud Sculptures

The epic blow of the storm which hit the gardens in 1990 left the remaining roots of many trees on show. Rather than dispossing of these roots, local artists felt inspired to use the roots as an opportunity to create something new. Sue Hill and Pete Hill therefore cleverly plastered local clay over the largest turned over root-ball, binding the roots together into the shape of a giants head. The nose and skin was then layered on top and was completed with broken china and class to construct the eyes. Wild crocosima was chosen for the hair, which shoots fresh each spring, followed by a fiery tall orange blaze in the autumn. This new creation became the iconic symbol for the restoration of the Heligan.

Image Credits: Ennor 

Trekking further along the Woodland Walk, the Mud Maid appears, she is eccentric and magical. Lying peacefully in the ground, her life was also given by Sue and Pete Hill. Whatever the time of year she always looks stunning. In spring she baths in pools of Bluebells and in winter she is blanketed by snow.

Image Credits: Emma Websdale

 Image Credits: Ennor

The gardens have been such an inspiration, that it was these gardens alone that gave birth to the Eden Project – the largest green house in the world. There Tim Smit sat surrounded by the beauty of Heligan and the concept and drive for the Eden project began.

Image Credits:  Emma Websdale

The Garden of Heligan now focuses much work on protecting nature and enhancing the spoilt choice of habitats. The award-winning garden restoration is internationally acclaimed, and there is one thing for certain about these gardens – they are like no other that is open to the public.

Image Credits: Ennor

“Heligan is so much more than just a garden – it is a place in the soul” – Tim Smit 

Both the Eden Project and Loss Gardens of Haligan can be visited in Cornwall in the UK. For further information on prices, visiting times and features their websites are below:

http://www.heligan.com/

http://www.edenproject.com/

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Sumatra rhinoceroses is the only existing species of the genus Dicerorhinus. Although it is still a large mammal, but is the smallest rhinoceros.

Habitat
Sumatran rhino lives in thick tropical forests of although is still a large mammal and Borneo. It is also found in swamps, rainforests and cloud forests in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, species. In ancient times, they were also found in southwest China.

The population of Sumatran rhino has undergone severe losses in the past couple of years. Critically endangered, there are only six substantial populations left in the wild. You will find 4 in Sumatra and 1 each Borneo andMalay Peninsula. Today they are estimated to be less than 300.

Status
There are just about re 275 Sumatran rhinos left and exist only in the protected areas guarded by Rhino Protection Units from any danger. The reason behind the fast dwindling numbers of Sumatran rhino is primarily due to poaching for their horns,. These horns can fetch as much as US$30,000 per kilogram on the black market and are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine.

Physical characteristics
This species, although the smallest rhinoceros  stands quite tall and big. With a body length of 2 to 3 meters, it can reach a height of about 5 ft. The average weight of Sumatran rhino is 700–800 kg. It has two horns just like the African species, it has two horns and the bigger horn is the nasal horn. The other horn is just a stub. Most of the rhino’s body is covered with a coat of reddish-brown hair.

Behavior
Sumatran rhinoceros moves during the night and feeds after dusk or just before dawn. You will find it relaxing during the day, in ponds and mud wallows. The animals may go  to  greater heights during rainy season and then come down when it is winter time again.They have the right skills to maneuver steep slopes and can swim very well. The home range of adult males can go up to 30 square kilometers while the females average about 15 square kilometers. They generally are solitary creatures and have sharp senses of smell and hearing. They find one another with scented trails throughout the forest.

Diet
Sumatran rhinos feed on twigs, fruit, leaves, shoots and shrubs. Their daily consumption of food is about 50 kg.

Threats
Sumatran rhinoceros is mainly killed for the horns and many  animals have lost their life for this hard growth. This hair-like substance is known for medicinal use in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and Singapore. The horn is also used as ornamental dagger in the Yemen, Middle East and North Africa.

You will see a large number of these rhinoceroses in zoos but it has been see that they rarely breed when held in captivity. There has been only one birth recorded in 2001 in the Ohio Cincinnati Zoo, which is the first successful delivery in more than hundred years in captivity. Another threat to their survival in the wild is the encroachment of their habitat by humans.

Conservation efforts are being made by spreading awareness about them and offering education about the rhinos. Financial resources are getting built in order to save the rhino. But it is also felt that the program is too expensive and losses are too great.

Interesting facts

         Sumatran Rhinoceros is the most vocal of the rhinoceros species

         It is also known as Hairy Rhinoceros due to its long, shaggy hair.

         It is: the only two-horned rhino in the Asia.

         Sumatran rhinos have two horns.

         With less than 400 Sumatran rhinos, it is one of the rarest large mammals in the world.

Red-crowned Crane is also referred to as Manchurian Crane or Japanese Crane. This large east Asian crane is among the rarest cranes in the world. Because of its small population, the species is classified as Endangered and the numbers continue to dwindle due to loss of wetlands due to industrial development and agriculture.

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Habitat
The most aquatic of the cranes, Red-crowned Crane prefers deep waters and loves in open marshes with sedges and reeds. In winters it can be sighted at freshwater mars, mudflats, rice fields, coastal salt-marshes and at rivers.

Status
Today, there are about 2,750 Red-crowned Cranes in the wild in Japan, China and Korea. Several hundred Red-crowned Cranes have been kept in zoos. From 1995-2005, around 150 eggs were flown to Russia and raised in the Khinganski Nature Reserve to be released in the wild later.

Physical characteristics
The s red crane has pure white plumage, that contrasts with the black secondary feathers. The neck is long and thin. The rounded tail, ear coverts and nape are white and the forehead, cheeks, chin and neck is black. There is a red patch of bare skin on the crown, which only gets brighter when the bird is excited. While the underparts are pure white, one can see blackish secondary feathers in the under wing. It has brown eyes and the long bill is horn-coloured. The legs are long, thin and black. Both the genders are quite similar, only the males are slightly bigger than female.

Behavior
Red-crowned Crane is outgoing and lives in flocks. You will find it living in deep water marshes and feeds on fish and rodents, insects etc. They feed by walking and pecking. It is able to stroll in muddy soil due to its long toes and uses the long bill to search into water for food. The migratory populations of the Red-crowned Crane, during the spring and summer, breed in Siberia that lies to the east of Russia and Mongolia. It lays 2 eggs and only one survives usually. During the fall and the winters they migrate to Korea, central China and Taiwan.

Diet
Red-crowned Crane can eat almost anything and is considered to be omnivorous. According to the location, it can feed on variety of food such as amphibians, insects, fish, and even small rodents. It also feeds on plant matter like grasses, seeds, grains, reeds and rice.

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Threats
Classified as endangered species, the main population of Red-crowned Crane lives in China. Several factors have caused a rapid decrease in their numbers, but the main factor is the degradation of the habitat for agriculture and industry. This is the main threat for this species. Their breeding and wintering grounds are too getting degraded because of the industrial and economic development going on in China. The spring fires too destroy the suitable nesting grounds for these birds. Major oilfields leading to pollution are another reason. In some areas, the species has been found to carry high levels of heavy metal contamination.

Russia and China are in cooperation to protect these rare birds. Amur and Khanka, that lies along the border between the two countries is the habitat for some of the Red-Crowned cranes. Work is going on to protect these two areas with mutual cooperation.

Interesting facts

         Red-crowned Crane is known as a symbol of luck and longevity.

         It has appeared in many myths and legends in Japan and China.

         It is known as tancho in Japan and believed to live for 1,000 years.

         Red-crowned Cranes are called fairy cranes.

         They are also known as a symbol of nobility.

         Zhou Dynasty ceremonial bronzeware and Shang Dynasty tombs carry depictions of the crane.

         They are a common theme in later Chinese art.

Let us take a look at the top environmental protection agencies working in this direction.

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA or Environmental Protection Agency studies the influence of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. The results of these studies will no doubt be the momentum behind the regulatory and policy changes that can leave major impact on hydraulic fracturing fluids, the shale gas industry. EPA researchers look into the impacts of surface spills due to ground and surface waters as well as waste disposal and wastewater treatment.

Helcom

Helcom or Helsinki Commission comprises of the efforts of nine European countries with the main objective of protecting the Baltic Se. There are strong collaboration and ties between the governments of these countries having a common goal.

African Maritime Safety and Security Agency

African Maritime Safety and Security Agency or AMMSA too ha environment protection as its chief agenda. The organization is involved in analytical activities and researching to solve the problems and offer better solutions due to unchecked marine pollution and other maritime activities.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

A scientific intergovernmental body or IPCC was first set up by World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme in 1988. Chaired by Rajendra K. Pachauri, the main aim is to offer detailed scientific assessments of the current risks due to climate changes caused by human activities. It gathers technical, scientific and socio-economic information from all over the world. However, IPCC is not involved in its own original research. The main job of IPCC is to publish special reports relating to implementation of policies to counter harmful climate changes.

United Nations Environment Programme

This is an international organization that coordinates the environmental activities of
United Nations and also helps developing countries to make environmentally sound policies and hoe to implement them. It was founded in 1972 due to the efforts of United Nations Conference on the Human Environmen and helps in the setting up of the guidelines on issues such as the transboundary air pollution, harmful chemicals and international waterways contamination. UNEP has published many reports and newsletters relating toenvironment and human well-being, offering information as well as analysis to the concerned public and policy makers.

Earth System Governance Project

This is along term social science research programme developed under the patronage of the International Human Dimensions program on Global Environmental Change. Initiated in 2009, it will supposedly conclude in 2018.. The chief goal of this project is to face the complex challenges global environmental change with the help of cutting-edge science and study the relationship of humans with global biochemical systems and natural environment. Earth System Governance Project depends on global network for all its activities and implementation.

The Global Environment Facility

This is a unified effort of 182 member governments to address global environmental issues. The GEF is an independent financial organization and offers grants to developing countries and countries for projects related toclimate change, biodiversity, land degradation, persistent organic pollutants and the ozone layer. Established in 1991, GEF is one of the biggest fund providers for projects improving the global environment. GEF Council is the chief governing body of the GEF and operates as an independent board of directors.

Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia

PEMSEA or Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia has been initiated by United Nations Development Programme and was started in 1994. Currently it is being hosted by the Philippines’ and looks into marine pollution in the East Asian Seas, Straits of Singapore and Straits of Malacca. This programme was actively involved in the adoption of many national and regional agreements such as Manila Bay Declaration, Bohai Sea Declaration and Putrajaya Declaration.

ICLEI

Founded in 1990, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives is an

international association of local governments with a commitment to sustainable development. Today, there are more than 1200 cities and towns and their associations in 70 countries work with ICLEI to attain local, national, and global objectives of sustainability. ICLEI offers knowledge, local support and implementation of locally designed initiatives to protect the environment. ICLEI is a democratic organization and each local government Member holds a position on the Council.

Environment Canada

Government of Canada legally incorporated Environnement Canada or EC with the duty for managong environmental programs and policies as well as preserving renewable resources and natural environment, such as air, water and soil quality. Non-domestic flora and fauna and including migratory birds too come under the program. The department is also accountable for international environmental issues and clan up any oil spills and hazardous waste. EC Enforcement Branch has started 176 inquiries for violations under EIHWHRMR and many of these are still in progress.

Apart from these top 10 environmental protection agencies, there are many other groups and organizations working at the grass root level to protect the environment and raise awareness among masses on the issue. Varying aspects play an important role in the success of these efforts being made, such as legislation and law enforcement as well as role of government. However, environmental protection in a broadest sense, is seen to be the responsibility of all people and not simply that of government. Environmental decision-making processes are becoming more collaborative in many countries all across the world. After all the future of the blue planet is at stake!

Great Basin National Park celebrates the Snake Mountain Range, crowned by 13,000 foot Wheeler Peak.  The wind turbines also block much of the highway view of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness area, also in the Snake Range.

Altho wind turbines do kill birds, they are especially hard on the vital insect-eating bats. The bats do not get cut up in the turbine blades.  Instead the bats explode as they pass through the turbine to the low pressure area behind it.  It turns out the these turbines are also right below the Rose Guano bat cave which briefly harbors as many as 3-million migrating bats in the fall.  The   project is slated to begin producing power in July.  The project is also expected to harm sage grouse. These vulnerable slow flying birds will not tolerate living near tall perches for raptors, e.g., wind turbines.

Western Watersheds Project and the  Center for Biological Diversity tried to get the BLM and a federal district court to halt construction.  A few changes were made to accommodate concerns. While the developer,  Pattern Energy predicted that a couple hundred each of birds and bats would be killed, now they promise to actually monitor the number of deaths.

1. Moving the military north

Because the Arctic ice opens up, the world grows its attention to the resources under. According to the United States. Geological Survey, thirty percent of the Earth unknown natural gas and 13 percent of its undiscovered oil is under this region. As a result, military activity in the Arctic Zone is heating up, with the U.S., Russia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Canada talks about regional security and border matters. Some nations, including the U.S., are also drilling troops in the far north, preparing for increased border patrol and disaster response efforts in a busier Arctic.

2. Changing breeding seasons

Because temperatures shift, penguins are changing their breeding seasons, also. A March 2012 analyses found that gentoo penguins are adjusting more quickly to hotter weather, because they aren’t as dependent on sea ice for breeding as other species.

3. Polar bears hunt

Polar bear cubs are fighting to swim increasingly long distances in search of stable piece ice, according to a 2011 study. The fast loss of sea ice in the Arctic is forcing bears to sometimes swim up to more than 12 days at a time, the research found. Cubs of adult bears that had to swim more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) had a 45 percent mortality rate, compared with 18 percent for cubs that had to swim shorter distances.

4. More mobile animals

Species are drifting from their native habitats at an unprecedented rate: eleven miles (17.6 km) towards the poles per decade. Regions where temperature is increasing the most show the most straying by native organisms. The Cetti’s warbler, for example, has moved north over the last two decades by more than 90 miles (150 km).

5. Genetic changes

Even fruit flies are feeling global warming.  According to a 2006 study, fruit fly genetical forms normally seen at hot latitudes are showing up more frequently at higher latitudes. According to the research, the gene patterns of Drosophila subobscura, a common fruit fly, are changing so that populations look about one degree closer in latitude to the equator than they actually are. In other words, genotypes are shifting so that a fly in the Northern Hemisphere has a genome that looks more like a fly 75 to 100 miles (120 to 161 kilometers) south.

When animals die they are being return to be displayed as stuffed animals, giving visitors the unusual zoo experience of petting a lion, tiger or crocodile. But because taxidermy in the largely isolated Palestinian territory is not advanced and expertise and materials are in short supply, the experience can be grim.

Flies swarm around some of the  animals that have been stuffed so far. The  cages housing the exhibits — fashioned from fencing salvaged from Jewish settlements that Israel dismantled in 2005 — are littered with empty soda cans and other trash.

An emaciated-looking stuffed lion, its coat patchy and mangy, lies on an exhibit cobbled together from crates and shipping pallets. A monkey had missing limbs. A porcupine had a hole in its head.

The zoo is one of the few places of entertainment here in Khan Younis, a city of 200,000 people at the southern end of the Gaza Strip. It’s one of five zoos in the Gaza Strip, a densely populated coastal enclave of 1.7 million people ruled by Islamic Hamas militants.

Owner Mohammed Awaida said:

“The idea to mummify animals started after the Gaza war because a number of animals like the lion, the tiger, monkeys and crocodiles died,” he said. “So we asked around and we learned from the Web how to start.”

Gaza’s zoos are used to resorting to odd ways to get by amid the territory’s multiple woes. In 2009, a zoo in Gaza City exhibited white donkeys painted with black stripes to look like zebras because it was too expensive to replace two zebras who were neglected during the Israeli offensive.

Extinction is not new and in the wild, the future of the Asiatic cheetah is uncertain and is a global problem. Living in an unsuitable environment the extinction rate is all the more accelerated due to ignorant human beings. The term “ cheetah”  originates from the Hindi word chitraka, which means  speckled. It was also referred to as Hunting-Leopard during the British colonial times.

Habitat
Asiatic Cheetahs prosper in open habitats where prey is available. They live in semi-desert areas and small plains. It is found in Kavir desert of Iran and open Balochistan province of Pakistan. But due to increasing agriculture, desertification, declining prey and residential settlements, it seems the habitat of cheetah is shrinking, thus pushing it to the brink of extinction.

Status
The latest research shows that the Asiatic Cheetah is critically endangered and there are only about 70 left and most of them in Iran. There have been some sporadic sightings in Balochistan, Pakistan. Known as the fastest land animal, Cheetah is extinct in India.

Physical characteristics
The adult Asiatic Cheetah is about four to five feet in length and can weigh from 34 to 54 kg. The male is somewhat bigger than the female. The long and lithe body of cheetah has been built for speed. It has slim, athletic legs ending in semi-retractable claws that help the animal to keep a strong grip on the ground even in high speed pursuits. The half feet tail acts as control to balance the Cheetah while making sharp turns in hunts. Hair is short and coarse and the fur color is tawny.

Behavior
Very little is known about the behavior of the Asian Cheetah. They have strong jaws that suffocate the prey animal within minutes. They can stalk the animal taking cover from bush and come very near to the prey without getting noticed. Contrasting to the other big cats, Cheetahs can be disciplined. The peak breeding season for the cats is believed to be mid winter and the litter size is one to four cubs. The animal has a lifespan of twelve to fourteen years.

Although the fastest animal, the cheetah cannot run for long distance at at full speed. To some extent, Cheetahs are migratory cats and move around in search for prey. This is particularly true for the female cheetah.

Diet
The main diet of Asiatic Cheetah is Jebeer Gazelle, also known as Chinkara, wild sheep, Goitered Gazelle, Cape Hare and Wild Goat. The main threat the species is the constant loss of their primary prey species due to poaching.

Threats
The main threats to Asiatic Cheetahs are the habitat loss and poaching. The continuous changes in the habitat and ecosystem use are the major factor behind the Cheetah’s extinction. Other factors that are contributing too are desertification, habitat degradation and direct killing of Cheetah preys. The degradation has especially been at the peak during 1988 and 1991. Today, the Asiatic Cheetah exists is found in very low numbers and in low density in widely separated populations.

The alteration of the grasslands to farmland as well as uncontrolled widespread hunting of this animal has wiped it out completely from its southwest Asia and India.

Interesting facts

         It is the fastest land mammal

         Cheetah is a daytime hunter.

         It ranks as the 7th most endangered species of the world’s cats.

         Asian royalty in the ancient times tamed cheetahs and trained them to hunt

         They can mimic the calls of some birds, thus luring them as prey.

         Cheetahs purr, whine and growl like cats and do not roar like lions.

         The young cub has a long gray-blue coat