The Big Cats: Endangered Predators

Duration: 23

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows members of the big-cat family in their natural environments and in captivity, describing physical characteristics and behavior patterns of lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, and jaguars. Examines factors contributing to possible extinction and discusses problems involved in attempts to re-establish wild populations. Looks at U.S. efforts to protect endangered species. Makes extensive use of training sequences to demonstrate big-cat behavior., Shows members of the big-cat family in their natural environments and in captivity, describing physical characteristics and behavior patterns of lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, and jaguars. Examines factors contributing to possible extinction and discusses problems involved in attempts to re-establish wild populations. Looks at U.S. efforts to protect endangered species. Makes extensive use of training sequences to demonstrate big-cat behavior.

Complete Record: Shows members of the big-cat family in their natural environments and in captivity, describing physical characteristics and behavior patterns of lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, and jaguars. Examines factors contributing to possible extinction and discusses problems involved in attempts to re-establish wild populations. Looks at U.S. efforts to protect endangered species. Makes extensive use of training sequences to demonstrate big-cat behavior., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.