[Презентация] You are going to read a text about wild animals that are in danger of disappearing from the world. Can you think of some animals in danger?

For thousands of years, the snow leopard was the king of the mountains. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), there are now under 7,000 snow leopards living in the wild. Farmers often kill snow leopards because they eat their animals. The WWF is working with these farmers to educate them about these beautiful animals and are offering them money for any animals they lose to the snow leopard. Snow leopards live in cold, snowy mountains and as the climate changes, their natural habitat is disappearing. These incredible cats need protecting now!

because leopards are a danger to their farms because they want to eat them because they want money from the WWF

However, for some animals, it seems like it's almost too late. Northern white rhinos, for example, are very rare and for years people killed them for their horns. The last male, called Sudan, died in March 2018. Now there are only two northern white rhinos left in the world and they are both female. They are a mother and daughter called Najin and Fatu. Unfortunately, they can't have any baby rhinos. However, scientists may have the answer. In August 2019, a team of vets collected ten of the northern white rhinos' eggs to try to save this animal. Scientists kept the eggs at a very low temperature in a 'frozen zoo'. In the future, they are going to use them to try to save the northern white rhino.

because they can't have babies now because their natural habitat is changing because people hunted them in the past

Frozen zoos aren't a new idea. In 1972, San Diego Zoo began the first one and there are now 12 of them around the world. The zoos collect eggs and DNA from animals and freeze them, so that in the future they can help animals in danger to have babies. In the UK, the University of Nottingham started a frozen zoo in 2004 and they now have over 700 DNA samples - some from animals that are in danger, like the Colombian spider monkey and the snow leopard. In 2004, the University of Nottingham also set up the Frozen Ark Project so that all the frozen zoos can share their work. Together they are going to help more than 5,000 species of animals!

in August 2019 because they wanted to save the northern white rhino about 50 years ago

collect and help baby animals in danger collect and keep animals' eggs to use in the future want to collect eggs and DNA from every type of animal

1  How are humans changing the planet? Does the text mention how animals are adapting to the changes? 2 Why does the WWF® give farmers money? 3 Why can’t the last white rhinos have babies? 4 What happened in August 2019? 5 Does the last paragraph mention baby animals? What does it say about them?

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