Fill in the Blanks ReadingOnline version Complete the reading with the correct words. by Allison Belalcazar Peña 1 see confronts many are lessons lives rhinos born example boy When John Kasaona was a growing up in Namibia , his father took him into the bush to teach him how to take care of the family's livestock . His father said , " If you a cheetah eating our goat , walk up to it and smack it on the backside . " A cheetah is a very nervous animal . If a person it , it will probably run away . John also learned how to deal with a lion by standing very still and making himself look very big . These were useful for a boy who became a wildlife conservationist . As Kasaona says , " it is very important if you in the field to know what to confront and what to run from . " Kasaona was in 1971 . At that time , Namibia had problems . The country was at war from 1966 to 1990 . Because of the fighting , many people had rifles . This caused a secondary problem ? poaching . For , poachers killed many black for their horns , which were very valuable . To make things even worse , around 1980 , a terrible drought killed people , livestock , and wildlife . By 1995 , there were only 20 lions left in the Kunene region in the northwest of the country , where Kasaona's family . Many other species were also endangered .
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