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Voice 1:
Thank you for Joining us for today’s Spotlight. I’m Rebekah Schipper.
Voice 2:
And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1:
In a small village market in Cambodia, Sen Sovann sells many things. He sells animals, and parts of animals. He says that he can sell you a baby tiger. It will cost you one thousand dollars. And it will only take him two weeks to get. Many people in this Cambodian market sell parts of animals. This market is part of the “black market.” It is a place where people sell things illegally. But people do not purchase the animals in the market to keep in their homes. They purchase them for the animal’s body parts.
Today’s spotlight is on one animal’s fight for survival.
Voice 2:
Every culture has its own answers to health problems. One answer is medicines from a doctor. Another answer is using traditional methods. Some people say that eating particular foods will help stop a sickness. Some people put particular substances on painful parts of their bodies.
Voice 1:
Many people do not like the idea of using strange chemicals. They do not like medicine. Instead they use natural substances made from plants, minerals, and sometimes animals. But killing animals to make medicine has caused problems in some animal populations.
Voice 2:
For example, the tiger population in Asia has suffered greatly. Tigers are the largest kind of cat in the world. Tigers have orange and black lines on their body. There used to be eight [8] different kinds of tiger in Asia. Today there only five species of tiger left in Asia.
Voice 1:
For many years, the Chinese government encouraged people to kill tigers. Chairman Mao Tse-Tung said that tigers were bad animals. So people killed them. People killed thousands of tigers in China. Killing tigers is now illegal in China. But poachers still kill tigers illegally. Today, there are only about one hundred fifty [150] wild tigers left in China.
Voice 2:
But hunting is not the only reason why there are less tigers in China. People have destroyed about ninety-nine [99] percent of China’s original forests. The tigers lived in these forests. Now, they do not have safe places to live. But China is not the only place where tigers are in danger. All through Asia, people threaten wild tigers.
Voice 1:
Some people in Asia use tiger organs for natural medicine. People buy and sell many parts of the tiger. They sell tiger skins, and tiger whiskers, the hairs near a tiger’s mouth. They even sell a tiger’s sexual organs. For instance, some people use tiger bones to treat arthritis. They grind the bones into a dust and eat it. They believe it will heal the pain in their bones. But scientists have found that tiger bones do not help pain at all.
Voice 2:
There are few tigers left in the world. But some people do not seem to care. They still want the tiger-products. Some people are willing to pay a lot of money for the tiger parts. In fact, some people are willing to pay up to forty thousand [40,000] dollars for a dead tiger. This is what encourages poachers, people who kill animals illegally.
Voice 1:
Although it is illegal to kill tigers, it is difficult for police to enforce the laws. They cannot watch each tiger in the wild to protect it. So, what can government officials do to help save tigers?
Thank you for Joining us for today’s Spotlight. I’m Rebekah Schipper.
Voice 2:
And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1:
In a small village market in Cambodia, Sen Sovann sells many things. He sells animals, and parts of animals. He says that he can sell you a baby tiger. It will cost you one thousand dollars. And it will only take him two weeks to get. Many people in this Cambodian market sell parts of animals. This market is part of the “black market.” It is a place where people sell things illegally. But people do not purchase the animals in the market to keep in their homes. They purchase them for the animal’s body parts.
Today’s spotlight is on one animal’s fight for survival.
Voice 2:
Every culture has its own answers to health problems. One answer is medicines from a doctor. Another answer is using traditional methods. Some people say that eating particular foods will help stop a sickness. Some people put particular substances on painful parts of their bodies.
Voice 1:
Many people do not like the idea of using strange chemicals. They do not like medicine. Instead they use natural substances made from plants, minerals, and sometimes animals. But killing animals to make medicine has caused problems in some animal populations.
Voice 2:
For example, the tiger population in Asia has suffered greatly. Tigers are the largest kind of cat in the world. Tigers have orange and black lines on their body. There used to be eight [8] different kinds of tiger in Asia. Today there only five species of tiger left in Asia.
Voice 1:
For many years, the Chinese government encouraged people to kill tigers. Chairman Mao Tse-Tung said that tigers were bad animals. So people killed them. People killed thousands of tigers in China. Killing tigers is now illegal in China. But poachers still kill tigers illegally. Today, there are only about one hundred fifty [150] wild tigers left in China.
Voice 2:
But hunting is not the only reason why there are less tigers in China. People have destroyed about ninety-nine [99] percent of China’s original forests. The tigers lived in these forests. Now, they do not have safe places to live. But China is not the only place where tigers are in danger. All through Asia, people threaten wild tigers.
Voice 1:
Some people in Asia use tiger organs for natural medicine. People buy and sell many parts of the tiger. They sell tiger skins, and tiger whiskers, the hairs near a tiger’s mouth. They even sell a tiger’s sexual organs. For instance, some people use tiger bones to treat arthritis. They grind the bones into a dust and eat it. They believe it will heal the pain in their bones. But scientists have found that tiger bones do not help pain at all.
Voice 2:
There are few tigers left in the world. But some people do not seem to care. They still want the tiger-products. Some people are willing to pay a lot of money for the tiger parts. In fact, some people are willing to pay up to forty thousand [40,000] dollars for a dead tiger. This is what encourages poachers, people who kill animals illegally.
Voice 1:
Although it is illegal to kill tigers, it is difficult for police to enforce the laws. They cannot watch each tiger in the wild to protect it. So, what can government officials do to help save tigers?
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