Illegal poaching for products like rhino horn and ivory has driven many iconic species close to extinction. In South Africa, conservationists say a record 1,020 rhinos have been killed in 2014 alone. The total population for the whole of Africa is es

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年复一年在海外服役后,92巴仙的退役军人愿意重新投入服务;同时,自然灾害接二连三发生,在世界各地大肆破坏。这两个挑战有什么共同点?Team Rubicon 发起人之一杰克伍德(Jake Wood)告诉

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伊斯兰国大肆杀戮构成种族灭绝? The extremist Islamic group known as the Islamic State - also called ISIS or ISIL - and groups connected with it - are believed to have killed thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria, as well as having exe

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Thousands of Iraqi civilians, more than 2,300 over this weekend alone have fled the city of Mosul as the international battle rages on to take control of it back from ISIS terrorists. Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq. It's also ISIS's last ma

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Under the influence of rabies, even docile animals often become dangerously aggressive and bite without provocation. Since the virus often concentrates in the saliva of the infected animal, a single bite can pass it on directly into the blood of the

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Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities A new report says the crocodile industry in Australia's Northern Territory is worth more than four times the previous estimate of $80 million. 一篇最新报道称,澳大利亚北领

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英语作文 As is often read in the newspaper reports, wild life especially the rare species is threatened with extinction. Human beings are making attempts to hunt wild animals for a big profit., which, of course, results in a sharp decrease in the nu

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2013 was a very bad year for South African rhinos with almost 1,000 animals killed for their horns. That death toll is 50 percent higher than in 2012 - despite a more concerted international fight against poaching and an international trade ban that

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This is middle England's response to the badger cull,ordinary people out at night,trying to protect their local wildlife. As the sun set,the Wounded Badger Patrol set off on its peaceful mission led by ***. -As you can see the very middle England peo

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The environmental group Greenpeace has claimed to have driven Japan's controversial whaling fleet out of Antarctic hunting grounds after a dramatic chase through thick fog and rough seas. Activists have promised to harass the Japanese fleet and disru

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So, I was wondering... There's a late night happy hour at Stella's. 我在想...史黛拉酒吧深夜有个欢乐时光环节 You know, the place across the street. 就是对街的那家 You mean the place that's always playing loud salsa music at al

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LESSON 46 Whale hunting 第四十六课 捕杀鲸鱼 Every year, ships sail to the northern seas to hunt the whale. 每年都会有船只航行到北海捕杀鲸鱼. The men want its fat to make oil, and the whalebone, which is found in the roof of i

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70 years ago today during the Second World War, 200 people trie to get out of a German prison campin Poland. You may know their efforts as they wereportrayed in The Great Escape movie. That was theThe Great Escape movie made by MGM but there wasnot a

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