Week 4 the 4th reading journal

Hundreds of Orangutans Killed Annually For Meat

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111115-orangutans-meat-animals-environment-science/


Summary
    In Kalimantan region, a part of the island of Borneo, people kill orangutans as their food to save their crops. A survey based on 7,000 local villagers says 750 to 1,790 numbers of orangutans are killed per year in the region. The species, Bornean Orangutan, is registered as an endangered species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Scientists evaluate when 1% of female orangutans are killed each year, the population will be decreasing critically. If Kalimantan people kills male and female orangutans equally, 375 to  1,550 females are killed each year. According to a professor, "the number of orangutans which are killed is not so surprised thing. The most cruel incident, any animals which were acknowledged as invaders in humans land are killed very quickly by using poisons or explosives.", she said. She suggests that humans should live with wildlife as coexisting species. Her organization helps villagers in Tanzania to make livestock enclosures. The result proves the coexisting with wildlife because the number of attacking livestock by carnivores is decreasing due to the enclosure.


My opinion
    At the last reading journal, I wrote about chimpanzees. Both cases are the common issue between humans and apes. Why do humans have to control wildlife? Because of their benefit? I am not such people who face the difficulty by increasing orangutans, so I do not understand how they suffer from orangutans. But, I can say it is not good for people to kill much wildlife and eat them because they threaten people's business. The article was so shocking news for me.



Vocabularies
 1)endanger
Part of speech
verb
Definition
to put in danger
Synonym
jeopardize
My sentence
Human beings endanger the extinction of much wildlife intentionally.


2)explosive
Part of speech
noun
Definition
a weapon which explodes with sending signals or pushing itself
Synonym
bomb
My definition
The massive explosives were felt in the capital city.


3)carnivore
Part of speech
noun
Definition
animal which kill other animals and eat them
Synonym
lion, leopard
My definition
Most of dinosaurs are though as carnivores.