Joc Potter and Andy Hopkins Come a eT OS a oT eC1 Do animals matter? We kaw about and can give names to about one million animals. But there are more than thirty million species of animal in the world. Every year some of these species disappear and we in, But never see them aga woth thirty million different specics, do one or two matter? Different people give different answers to this questien, but more and more people are sayir ‘OF conrse they do = they are all So why do people important! think that? ‘One answer is chis: animals make the world a richer place, a more interesting and a more beautiful place for us to hye m. Secondly, animals help us in many important ¥ They give us meat fo cat and milk to drink, and we can make things to wear learn a helps them to understand people. from their coats. Scienti lor from animals and this Dostors take things from animals, alive or dead, to hely ill people. Thirdly, ir is natural for us to protect animals because we © animals too. Many of these living things are in danger. Without our help, a lor more animals are going to dic. People and animals hve in one world. Our land is their land; our trees are their trees; our rivers are their rivers, We want to protect animals because at the same time we are protecting our world,2] 2) Why are animals in A million years age there were a lot more species of animal thun there are now, OF course, some species disappear naturally, but today they are disappear than hetore. Ablnoceros oe becsuse people want thair horns Animals are in danger from natural accidencs: some animals che because of small changes in the weather, But animals are also in danger from our behaviour, We cannot protect animals - or people - from accidents or changing weather but w can think about our behaviour and change that. ng, faster Fish inva dry river We pur new buildings on empty land and do nut think about animals. We make new roads; we move rivers; we cake away trees. Sometimes we take animals from their natural home to a different country. In this new home, other animals do not kaw Slack rats