Roundup: World's Most Trafficked Wildlife

TASK 1. Match each endangered species to the information given about its present situation. Write
the name of the species in the blank space provided.

AFRICAN ELEPHANT BLACK RHINOCEROS

SCARLET MACAW
BENGAL TIGER MOUNTAIN GORILLA

TASK 2. Fifteen words have been omitted from this news item. Write the correct words from the
word bank in the space below. An example has been done for you. There are 4 extra words.

AUTHORITIES DOWN LOVERS PUBLICLY THREATENED

CONSERVATIONISTS ESTIMATED OUT REPORTEDLY TRADING
DANGER GO PARTS RUMORED UP
DEMAND KNOWN PET SUGGEST WARN

Illegal animal 0) __ is already a multibillion-dollar business, but in the wake of a bust at an airport in
Thailand where 1) __ seized 470 protected turtles, conservationists 2) __ that it's on the rise and
putting more species in 3) __ of extinction:

A. ____________________ Demand for their 4) __ and fur have claimed all but a(n) 5) __ 3,200
wild specimens, including those that live in and around India. That's 6) __ from 100,000 a century
ago, deepening fears that the species could 7) __ extinct.

B. ____________________ Its horns, 8) __ in China and Vietnam to cure hangovers and disease,
can 9) __ fetch up to $13,600 per kg on the black market.

C. ____________________ The large, intelligent bird from Central and South America is one of the
illegal 10) __ trade's most popular animals. 11) __ say about 100 of the world's 350 parrot species
are thought to be 12) __ with extinction.

D. ____________________ Poachers killed about 35,000 of them in 2012 to keep 13) __ with
consumer and black-market 14) __ for their tusks. Some time ago, the U.S. sent a cease-and-desist
message by 15) __ destroying 6 tons of seized ivory.

E. ____________________ The youngest of these apes are prized by poachers, selling for up to
$40,000 each on the black market. Fewer than 900 remain in Central Africa after decades of
hunting and habitat destruction.

0. TRADING

1. 5. 9. 13.

2. 6. 10. 14.

3. 7. 11. 15.

4. 8. 12.

Adapted from an exercise by Deborah Dietrick Smithbauer C1 Multiple Matching / Word Cloze
KEY: Roundup: World's Most Trafficked Wildlife

TASK 1.

A- BENGAL TIGER C. SCARLET MACAW E. MOUNTAIN GORILLA

B. BLACK RHINOCEROS D. AFRICAN ELEPHANT

TASK 2.

0. TRADING
1. AUTHORITIES 5. ESTIMATED 9. REPORTEDLY 13. UP
2. WARN 6. DOWN 10. PET 14. DEMAND
3. DANGER 7. GO 11. CONSERVATIONISTS 15. PUBLICLY
4. PARTS 8. RUMORED 12. THREATENED

Adapted from an exercise by Deborah Dietrick Smithbauer C1 Multiple Matching / Word Cloze