- Tom:
- Nowadays, many animals are almost extinct. Which animal do you worry about the most, Hana?
- Hana:
- I’m worried about albatrosses, ahoudori , the most. They are large birds with white feathers. Today, only a small number of them live in the southern islands of Japan.
- Tom:
- What happened to them?
- Hana:
- In the 20th century, people hunted them too much for their feathers. But recently, people stopped hunting them, so the number of albatrosses increased.
- Tom:
- Oh, I didn’t know that. What do you think, Kenji?
- Kenji:
- I’m worried about dugongs. They are large animals in the ocean. Today, only 50 dugongs live around Okinawa. In the past, people hunted a lot of them for their meat. Now, they are often killed in accidents with boats.
- Tom:
- That’s too bad. We should do something for them.