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ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ ТЕКСТ ДУЖЕ УВАЖНО – У ВАС Є ЛИШЕ ОДНА МОЖЛИВІСТЬ ЦЕ ЗРОБИТИ, А ПОТІМ ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

SAVE THE TIGERS

            People want to use the places where wild animals live for farming or to build bigger cities and factories, so they sometimes kill animals. When one kind of animal cannot be found anywhere any more, we say that it has become extinct, which means that all animals of that kind have died. Other animals are called «endangered» because they are in danger of becoming extinct. One of these animals is the tiger.

             About 100 years ago, over 100,000 tigers could be found in different areas

of Asia, from the Caspian Sea to Indonesia. Today there are fewer than 3,000 tigers left in India, and most of them live in tiger reserves – special parks where the animals are looked after. Only 500 Siberian tigers live in the wild, while the Caspian and Bali tigers have already become extinct.

               Most people think they are not safe from tigers, but the truth is that tigers are not safe from humans, because they take away the tigers' home and kill the small animals that tigers eat. Farmers in Asia kill tigers in order to keep their farm animals safe or to use the beautiful hair that covers their body.

               The good news is that now many people are members of organizations, like the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), which try to stop the tiger and other endangered animals from becoming extinct. In some areas, the number of tigers has actually grown because of the work which is done by these organizations and special tiger reserves. However, it is difficult to stop people from killing tigers, as they can get more than $50,000 just for one tiger. It is very important that we all work together to keep animals safe, because the world needs all kinds of animals.

If an animal is endangered, it cannot be found anywhere in the world.

The tiger is an endangered animal.

There were a lot of tigers in Asia 100 years ago.

All the tigers in India have died.

Most of the Indian tigers live in special tiger reserve.

The Siberian tiger is in danger of extinction.

Tigers are very dangerous for humans.

Some tigers are killed for their hair.

Many organizations defend tigers today

There more tigers nowadays on some territories.

Some people can pay over 50,000 dollars for a pet tiger.