Adorable Dog helps Birds | Your Planet | Newsround
- Larisa Korenets
- Feb 18
- 2 min read
This week’s Your Planet brings fascinating environmental news from around the world. In New Zealand, specially trained sniffer dogs are helping locate predators like possums and weasels that threaten native birds. Their work is crucial, as thousands of bird species are at risk of extinction.
In Switzerland, hikers are exploring breathtaking ice caves carved by meltwater from ancient glaciers. While these tunnels are a sight to behold, they can be dangerous in summer when the ice melts.
Finally, in France, conservationists are working to restore the eel population. Thousands of baby eels have been released into rivers in an effort to bring their numbers back up. These projects highlight the incredible ways humans and animals are working together to protect nature.
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Check your understanding:
Exercise 1:
Check your answers:
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False – The dogs are used to locate predators, not birds. (“…sniffer dogs to protect birds by finding predators.”)
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True – The caves were formed by ancient glaciers. (“…meltwater from ancient glaciers has carved out a tunnel under the ice.”)
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False – The caves are more dangerous in summer. (“…in the summer they can be quite dangerous as the ice up above thaws.”)
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True – Fishermen are releasing eels into rivers to help their population. (“…thousands of baby eels… splashed into the river where experts think they’ll thrive.”)
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True – The sniffer dogs are helping protect birds. (“…the dogs are helping humans find the predators so they can be moved on from the area.”)
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
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