Word: cheetah
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Fortunately, a few men are working to undo the errors of the many. U.S. conservationists have provided sanctuaries in Texas for whooping cranes, which have thus risen from a low of 15 cranes in 1941 to nearly 80 today. Similar efforts saved the grizzly bear, the bison and African cheetah. On Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean, a new "turtle farm" is now hatching the first of thousands of eggs. This will help prevent the turtles' rapid depletion by the cosmetics industry. In the Pacific Northwest, the sockeye salmon is proliferating, thanks to artificial incubation and man-made channels...