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Kenyan men chase and catch cheetahs

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Four men from a village in north-east Kenya have chased down and captured two cheetahs.

The cheetahs had been killing their goats.

The men waited until the hottest part of the day before launching the chase over a distance of 6.4km.

The cheetahs got so tired they could not run any more. The villagers captured them alive and handed them over to the Kenya Wildlife Service.

Cheetahs are the fastest-running animals on the planet and can reach speeds of at least 104km. They also have the ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in three seconds. 

However,  their speed is only useful for around 500 m (1,600 ft), hence the reason they were caught by the villagers. 

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44 Responses

  1. thats mean thier wild thats wat they do . u need food dont u the cheetah does to.would u want food if u lived out thier and plus goats are not really used for anything but milk
    so yea

  2. Wooooow thats just weird catching the worlds fastest land animal its sooo werid how u can catch a cheetah if u could tell the world then tell us so then maybe we come upon one so then we would know how to get one but where too young so never mind i wouldnt want to catch one i would proberbly be dead!!
    OMG!! Killing a goat thats a bad sign dont kill goats there good for the enviroment and u never know they can let u milk them. Very good villagers but dont approch because they could kill you.

  3. how can someone run so fast to catch a cheetah!!!! unlease they had a trap or something???????
    I know everything about cheetahs!!! thats how awesome i am!!!!!!!

    Peace out 🙂 🙂

  4. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
    never eating cheese again unless it comes from cows

  5. Hello again

    Everyone knows that the most fastest race/s in this entire world/species is either … Africans/Kenya/Jamaica

    Gosh when will you people learn!
    Yours,
    TruthTeller

  6. the people how are trying to catch the cheetah is fast but
    why are they trying to catch it? is it because they eat it or what.

  7. omg leave the goats alone and keep them in a barn or somthing thats why they r eating them because they might not be tied up lol

  8. wowzers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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