Animal News
Comprehension Answers.
Questions on ‘Stop wild animal trade’
Part A: Find and explain the facts.
A1. Which organisations have come together to try to ban the trade in wildlife?
WILD Aid, Global Wildlife Conservation and the Wildlife Conservation Society have come together to try to ban the trade in wildlife.
Part B: Deduce and infer information.
B1. Why has the recent coronavirus outbreak increased calls for the trade in wildlife to be stopped?
The recent coronavirus outbreak has increased calls for the trade in wildlife to be stopped because scientists say evidence points to coronavirus coming from animals, most likely horseshoe bats, and transferred via pangolins from ‘wet’ markets, where animals that are alive and dead are sold as food.
Part C: Discussion task.
C1. “Wet markets should be banned.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your view.
I agree with this statement because if there wasn’t ‘wet’ markets, coronavirus,and other viruses such as SARS and Ebola wouldn’t have cause pandemics like the one, we’re living through or lived through. To prevent any further pandemics in future, the wet markets should be banned permanently.
Questions on ‘Four freed’.
Part A: Find and explain the facts.
A1. Thanks to the charity Born Free, where have two cheetah cubs and two adult leopards found new homes?
Two cheetah cubs have found a new home at Born Free’s Ensessa Kotteh wildlife sanctuary in Ethiopia and two adult leopards were given a new home at Born Free’s big cat sanctuary at Shamwari Private Game Reserve.
A2. Who is Dr Chris Draper?
Dr Chris Draper is the head of animal welfare and captivity at Born Free.
Part B: Deduce and infer information.
B1. Why did the big cats need to be rescued?
The big cats need to be rescued because the cubs were snatched from their mother to be sold illegally as pets and the adult leopards were kept in poor living conditions, with limited food and without any access to veterinary care.
