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An icy home
DISAPPEARING WORLD
Few cats live in
harsh mountain It is a sad fact that today more than
two-thirds of the world’s wild cats
areas. Only the
are now rare or endangered.
snow leopard lives This is largely
Save our
high up in the because their homes!
Save our
omes!
freezing Asian habitats are Save our
disappearing homes!
mountains.
as humans move
into and develop
the natural world.

Russian Federation
Siberia

EUROPE
China
ASIA Snow leopards live in the
mountains of central Asia.
India Leopards live in
AFRICA the forests and
grasslands of
Africa as well
as parts of Asia.
Southeast
Asia
Tigers live in the
forests of India,
Siberia and
Southeast Asia.
Lions live in prides Cheetahs live in
in the grasslands of the grasslands AUSTRALIA
Africa and a small of Asia as well as
part of India. southern and
eastern Africa.

ANTARCTICA

Glorious grasslands

The rich grasslands of Africa are
home to several of the big cats.
During the wet season the land
is green and partially flooded,
yet barren in the dry season.
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