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resulted in massive poaching of tigers for their whiskers, eyes, teeth, penises,
liver and fat.
7. Hunting of tiger prey has also caused the number of tigers to dwindle. Tigers
usually feed on hoofed animals such as deer, wild boar and buffaloes. The
hunting of these animals by human beings has caused tigers to starve to death.
8. Serious action has to be taken to ensure the survival of this majestic creature.
Although the tiger has been labelled an endangered species and the sale of
tigerrelated products has been banned in many countries, these measures have
backfired, with illegal poaching of tigers for their fur, bones and other organs
becoming rampant. Some countries, such as India, have allocated millions of
dollars to set up tiger reserves to protect these animals but even these are not
safe. Poachers completely wiped out wild tigers in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in
India. To ensure the survival of the tiger, conservation efforts need to be
improved to reduce threats to tigers.Efforts must also be made to improve tiger
habitats and to increase tiger prey populations so that they will not starve to
death in the wild. There must be more stringent controls on the demand for tiger
parts. When there is no demand, there will be no supply. To drive the message
home, poachers should be punished severely. Otherwise, they will not stop their
illegal activities.
Here is a sample summary using phrases and sentences from the passage.
The tiger population has suffered a serious decline because tigers have been
hunted for sport as proof of ones strength and manliness and for their skin.
Besides, tigers have been killed by farmers to protect their livestock. These
beasts have also been killed for their claws which are believed to protect the
wearer. Worse still, tigers are killed for their body organs, which are believed to
cure many ailments. Moreover, hunting of tiger prey has caused tigers to starve
to death. Stern measures must be taken to protect them. For instance,
conservation efforts and tiger habitats must be improved. To prevent tigers from
starving, tiger prey populations must be increased. Most importantly, there must
be more stringent controls on the demand.
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Base on the article below, write a summary of not more than 130 words.
1. Air pollution is another burning ecological problem. Air pollution comes from
variety of different sources like factories, power plants, cars, buses, trucks,
wildfires, etc. Air pollution doesn't only affect air, but also threatens the health of
humans, trees and animals and is destroying the ozone layer which protects us
from dangerous ultra-violet radiation. Statistically speaking, every day average
individual breathes more than 3,000 gallons of air and since many people live in
urban areas full of smog this affect their health causing them lot of health
problems.
2. Worldwide air pollution is responsible for large numbers of deaths and cases of
respiratory disease. According to World Health Organization 2.4 million people
die each year from causes directly attributable to air pollution. There are many
diseases caused by polluted air like asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, lung and
heart diseases, and respiratory allergies which are causing death to the large
number of people. Usual symptoms are difficulties in breathing, wheezing,
coughing and aggravation of existing respiratory and cardiac conditions and
respiratory system and the cardiovascular system are the two most affected
areas.
3. Many people think that factories and power stations are the biggest air
pollutants, but that is not true, because the biggest air pollutants are mainly
automobiles and other vehicles. Of course, factories and power stations also
have significant effect on air pollution. The worst disaster caused by polluted air
was Bhopal disaster that happened in Bhopal, India in1984 when a Union Carbide
subsidiary pesticide plant released 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas,
that killed between 2500 and 5000 people and around 500,000 people were
exposed to the leaking tables of whom approximately 20,000 people to this date,
died as a result from this exposure.
4. There is some progress in air pollution control technologies and urban
planning strategies to reduce air pollution, but it's biggest problem are large
costs required for these technologies although these costs are really negligible
compared to the expenditures that are coming as a result of air pollution like
medical costs for treating the people that were unlucky enough to caught some
disease caused by air pollution.
5. So what to do in order to stop air pollution? Get rid of our cars? We all know
that's impossible, but reducing their number and using more public
transportation that could be done, although very unlikely in current situation.
Make some new type of car, that doesn't cause air pollution? Even harder
because car manufacturers are very strong force in the industry. Reduce the use
of the fossil fuels and their dangerous emission of greenhouse gases which is not
only causing the air pollution but also the global warming as well? Unfortunately
there is still almost negligible transformation rate from the fossil fuel to the
renewable energy sources and fossil fuels are still dominating factor in the world
industry. Cost of all this is very big, namely our health which will to momentary
predictions suffer in years to come because of air pollution.