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=Reading and Comprehension=

__**Animals in danger**__
Many animals are in danger of extinction because we are destroying the rainforests. The Javan rhinoceros once lived in the rainforests of many countries: in the north of India, through Indo-China and south through Malaysia and the islands of Indonesia. But today there are only about one thousand of these animals in the world. Today, there are many forest parks in the rainforests of the world. Animals need large parks because some species have to travel many kilometers to find food. The Park National del Volcans in Rwanda, for example, protects the mountain gorila and saves it from extinction. Some animals are in danger because people want them as pets. There are only 2,500 hyacinthine macaws now living in the forests of Latin America. But in 1989, people caught 500 hyacinthine macaws and sold them in pet shops. When you visit a pet shop, ask about the animals there. Did somebody catch any of them in the rain forests, put them into boxes, and fly them to the pet shop? How many others died? Zoos in many countries of the world are helping to protect animals in danger. The golden lion tamarin comes from Brazil's forest near the sea. The forest there is disappearing fast and people caught hundreds of these tamarins and sold them in pet shops. There were only a few left in the rainforest. But many glod lion tamarins were born in zoos, and scientists have taken some of them back to the Poço das Antas Forest Park near Rio de Janeiro. Animals born in zoos know nothing about life in the rainforests. Someone must teach them how to find food and keep away from danger.

//Rainforests, Fact File (abridged)//

Golden lion tamarin ———— Hyacinthine macaws —————— Mountain gorilla ———————— Iberic wolf ———————————

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