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
.
