Siberian tigers found in rural Huichun

时间：2007-11-15 08:20:12

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Chinanews, Changchun, November 14 – Tigers are very rare in China nowadays, and usually they can only be seen in primeval forests. However, the traces of Siberian tigers have been discovered in rural Huichun, Jilin Province.

 

Siberian tiger is the largest of all the tiger subspecies, located in Russia, northern China and the Korean Peninsula. According to the statistics of 1993, there were 250 – 300 Siberian tigers left in China. A research in 1999 confirmed that the traces of Siberian tigers could hardly be found in the country at that time.

 

Last Sunday, several residents of Sanjiazi Village found the footprints of a tiger 500 meters outside their village, and several days previously1, a resdient of another village nearby had lost a bull, which had been killed by a beast.

 

After careful investigation2, the staff members of local wildlife resource reserve office believed that the bull had been attacked by a Siberian tiger of about 150 kg heavy, and very probably the same tiger that left the footprints.

 

The footprints are 15 cm long and 14.3 cm wide, they were left by a mature male Siberian tiger.

 

It is estimated that the tiger had left the village for the Korean Peninsula after killing3 the bull. However, the borderline was densely4 populated, which had made it turn back halfway5.

 
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1 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
2 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
3 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
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  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 densely rutzrg     
ad.密集地；浓厚地
参考例句：
  • A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
  • We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。
5 halfway Xrvzdq     
adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途
参考例句：
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

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