Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows.

Sniffer dog Tucker uses his nose to help researchers find out why a killer whale population off the northwest

coast of the United States is on tKe decline. He searches for whale faeces floating on the surface of the

water, which are then collected for examination. He is one of the elite team of detection dogs used by

scientists studying a number of species including right whales and killer whales.

Conservation canines are fast becoming indispensable tools for biologists according to Aimee Hurt,

associate director and co-founder of Working Dogs for Conservation, based in Three Forks, Montana.

Over the last few years, though, so many new conservation dog projects have sprung up that Hurt can no

longer keep track of them all. Her organization’s dogs and their handlers are fully booked to assist field

researchers into 2012.

“Dogs have such a phenomenal sense of smell”, explained Sam Wasser, director of the Center for

Conservation biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked with scat-detection dogs

since 199(g). Scientists have been using Conservation Canines in their research since 199(g). These dogs

have enabled them to non-invasively access vast amount of genetic and physiological information which is

used to tackle conservation problems around the world. Such information has proved vital for determining

the causes and consequences of human disturbances on wildlife as well as the actions needed to mitigate

such impacts.

The ideal detection dog is extremely energetic with an excessive play drive. These dogs will happily work

all • day long, motivated by the expectation of a ball game as a reward for sample detection. The obsessive high energy personalities of detection dogs also make them difficult to maintain as pets. As a result, they

frequently find themselves abandoned to animal shelters, facing euthanasia. The programme rescues these

dogs and offers them a satisfying career in conservation research.

Give answer the following question. 8 Marks

(a) According to the text there are a few________ detection dogs like Tucker.

(b) Tucker sniffs for whale________

(c) The dogs are special because they assist in research without ________

(d) The ideal detection dog ________

(e) The dogs expect________ as a reward of their hard work.

(f) ________of these dogs make it difficult to keep them as pets.

(g) These dogs find career in ________

(h) The word ‘euthanasia’ means ​

Answer 1

Answer:

(f) the obsessive high energy personalities of detection dogs also make them difficult to keep them pets.

(g) these dogs find career in conservation research.

(e) the dogs expect game ball as a reward of their hard work.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Sniffer dog Tucker uses his nose to help researchers find out why a killer whale population off the northwest