In The Wild: Cheetahs with Holly Hunter

Africa's wild and barren landscape will captivate you. The strength and agility of the cheetah will amaze you. And if neither of those are reason enough, Academy Award-winning actress Holly Hunter will entertain you. Hunter's curiosity for the lightning-fast feline becomes a personal quest, traveling across Africa to understand the cheetah--an animal that can travel from zero to 60 mph in three seconds. Through her thoughts and emotions, Hunter takes you there, as she witnesses cheetahs in action: killing their prey, defending their young, and fleeing their most feared enemy--man. In fact, over 7,000 cheetahs were killed in the 1980s. The debate is two-sided: farmers want to protect their livestock, while the cheetah population is diminishing. Cheetahs with Holly Hunter, however, doesn't just present the problem; it offers a potential solution: more and more farmers are being convinced to send these predators to game reserves, where the sleek and graceful animals are free to live without harmful human interference. Highly recommended. (M. K. Lau)