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dateline: 22 September 2015
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New Zealand Zoo Will Not Euthanize Tiger
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- euthanize: to give an injection that will end one’s life
- breeding: the production of offspring
- pose: to present or cause
- critical: severe
- endangered: rare and at risk of becoming extinct
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New Zealand Zoo Will Not Euthanize Tiger
Comprehension Questions
- What did Oz do?
- Why won’t Oz be euthanized?
- Why does the report mention Indonesia?
Discussion Questions: According to investigators, this tiger’s behaviour was in line with his natural instinct. Do you agree with the zoo’s decision not to kill Oz? Why or why not?
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New Zealand Zoo Will Not Euthanize Tiger
A Sumatran tiger that attacked and killed a zookeeper in Hamilton, New Zealand this September will not be euthanized. The New Zealand zoo says that Oz, a ten-year-old male tiger, is an important part of the zoo’s breeding program and poses no danger to the public. The tiger species, which is native to Indonesia, is critically endangered in the wild.
- Oz attacked and killed a female zookeeper.
- Oz won’t be euthanized because he is an important part of the zoo’s breeding program. Sumatran tigers are critically endangered in the wild.
- The report mentions Indonesia because this is where Sumatran tigers are from.
Written and recorded by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub
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