英语作文保护野生动物高一（热门20篇）

一天，森林里传来了“呜——呜”的哭声，小灰兔一听，立即朝有哭声的地方跑去，声音越来越大了，走近一瞧，原来是小白兔，小灰兔忙问为什么哭，小白兔说：“我在森林里找食物，突然被人类的捕动物的夹子夹到了，流了很多血，就哭了起来。”小灰兔知道后，不顾危险去了老虎的洞穴，给老虎大哥说了事情的来龙去脉，老虎大哥知道了，没有去抓小灰兔，并且感慨地说：“是呀，我的孩子就有一回差点丢了性命，人类实在是太可怕了!我这就去帮你!”“真是太谢谢老虎大哥了!”

到了那里后，只见捕动物的夹子不见了，地上有一滩血，老虎大哥立即醒悟过来了：“天哪，小白兔一定是被那人类抓走了!”“怎么办呀，呜呜呜!”“别哭，一定会有办法的!一定!”这时，一个孩子走了过来，他是捕走小白兔的猎人的孩子，小灰兔看见了，立即摆出一副架子，说：“你们真可恶，我最好的朋友小白兔被你们捕走了!”“是吗，对不起。”孩子说，“我立即叫爸爸把小白兔放了。”“咦?你是猎人的孩子?”老虎大哥好奇地问。“是的，爸爸总是捕杀动物，我劝他，他不听，还老是干坏事。我立即带你们去找爸爸。”

小灰兔看见了小白兔，立即奔了过去，小孩拦住了他：“你这样鲁莽，也会被我爸爸抓走的。”“啊。”“爸爸，把小白兔放了吧，可以吗?”“你管得着老子呀你，啊!”那猎人满嘴脏话，很不文明。“求求爸爸了，把他放了吧。”“去你的!”立刻把他甩在了一边。“没办法了，我们去找野生生物保护学会。”“恩!”小灰兔和老虎大哥异口同声地说。

保护学会知道后，找到了猎人，说道：“能把他放了吗?”“凭什么!”“我们是野生生物保护学会，如果不依，我们会采取措施。”“行行，别带我走啊，我保证以后再也不捕杀动物了，我也要加入你们的学会!”“恩，这就对了嘛。”“原来人类又有好的，又有坏的呀。”小灰兔和老虎大哥说。

保护动物，人人有责，让我们从身边的小事做起吧!

今天，妈妈从外边回来时，一进门就对我说：“你猜，我给你带来了什么?”我说：“鸡翅?”妈妈摇摇头说：“不对，再猜。”我说：“书!”妈妈很兴奋：“你怎么知道?”我笑了笑，伸手接过妈妈递过来的书——《魔法手指》，是罗尔德。达尔的书。我一直都很喜欢罗尔德。达尔的收。太有趣了，怎么是魔法手指呢?手指怎么会有魔法呢?于是，我拿迫不及待地拿起书看了起来。

不一会儿，我就把这本收看了完了。这本书太有意思了，太神奇了。文中的小女孩有一种与生俱有的本领，在怒不可遏时，她的手指就会施出魔法来。她的邻居革利鸽夫妇一家爱好打猎。有一次，当小女孩看到她们又去打野鸭子时，她生气了，她怒不可遏，她的手指又施出魔法了，把革利鸽夫妇一家变成会飞的野鸭子，把野鸭子变成了人。这样，革利鸽夫妇一家就只有到树上搭窝、睡觉，饿了就吃树上的苹果，而野鸭子却占有了他们的家。野鸭子拿着枪要打革利鸽夫妇一家，革利鸽夫妇一家吓坏了，当野鸭子准备开枪时，革利鸽夫妇一家说：“我们以后再也不打猎了。”之后，魔法消失了，革利鸽夫妇一家又变回了人样，从此以后，他们改名叫“爱鸽先生”、“爱鸽夫人”，再也不打猎了。这个故事真是太有趣了，这个魔法太有趣了，它可以让打猎者和被猎者彻底掉了个儿。达尔的奇思妙想让人坊起来真是忍俊不禁。

读了这个故事，我明白了：我们不能伤害动物，相反地，我们要很好地保护好对人类有益的动物，因为动物是人类的朋友。只有这样，我们的地球才会越来越可爱，我们的家园才会越来越美丽，我们才能生活得越来越幸福!

在这世界上，有许多濒临绝种的动物，而它们面临的重重危机，多半是由人类所造成，例如：我们乱丢垃圾使河川受到污染、工厂以及汽机车所排放的废气使空气不再干净，为了开发和建设不断破坏山林。有时我在想，如果没有人类的存在，地球会不会变得更好呢?为了要弥补我们所污染的环境，并且要重视及提倡“保护生态”的观念。

由于生物不停的变少，陆陆续续出现了保护野生动物的公益团体，而这些集团不断倡导要爱护动物、保护动物，因此，野生动物的生存权渐渐被重视，不过光靠这些热心人士的帮忙仍是杯水车薪，我们更应该从日常生活中落实，假如全世界的人每天都能随手关灯，至少可以救回一只可爱的北极熊;假如全世界的人都能 减少塑胶的使用量，就有许多生物的肚子里面没有垃圾的存在;假如我们能减少废气的排放量，就可以使空气更为干净，不只保护动物，同时也是保护我们自己。

我们对于保护生态的观念应该推广到每一个角落，深植于人们的心中，无时无刻要懂得尊重其它生命，所有生命都是可贵的，我们无法即时扭转人们想要滥杀动物的想法，因为，有时关系到人们的生存与工作，但是，我们可以靠身体力行来改变别人想法，来落实保护生态的意义。

有时，我们应该将心比心，设身处地为那些因人类而丧生的动物，他们临死前的哀嚎，正是他们的求救讯号，他们也是生物，同时也是一个个宝贵的生命，我们并不能因为自认为高等，而残害其它的生命。

When the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerbergs daughter was born, he

announced a general decision and surprised the world. Mark told media that he

would donate 99 percent of his fortune to the charity organizations. Some people

wonder why he did not save the heritage for his offspring. In fact, in western

countries, for some rich people, they dont trend to leave much fortune for

their kids, instead, they use the money to educate their children and cultivate

them to be the wise persons. The rich people leave the invisible fortune, which

is their fame. Their children can have more chances to do their business or

receive better education with their family names. The wise rich men know the

best way to educate their offspring. They teach skills and the way of thinking,

which values everything.

Today, after school, my friends asked me to have dinner with them, I felt so happy and went the restaurant with them. Then I found they wanted to eat buffet, I was so happy, because I always wanted to have buffet, I could eat a lot of food.

As we paid the money more than we usually spent, so all of us wanted to eat as more as possible, even though we were full enough, we still tried to eat. I would go the wash room many times, so that I could continue to eat. I found eating the buffet should be a happy thing for me, but now it seemed to be a kind of torture, I always told myself to eat more than I could bear, my stomach hurt.

The experience to eat buffet lets me realize that I should enjoy the food instead of eat more than I could bear.

My favorite little animal - the turtle, I gave it a name called "Li Shijan", usually I call it "extension". It is not just a lovely shape and it can sometimes understand my words! Its head small, neck thin, but also carrying a bowl like the size of the shell, green, pointed little tail It is very interesting to start the road.

Although it is only a small animal, but it also has a good heart. Once a grandfather was hospitalized, it was hunger! Even if we had bought it the most favorite loach fish, it would not have eaten it. Until the grandfather half a month after discharge, it was happy to eat, when the devil is really like people love and pity.

But sometimes it is also "hateful"! One day, it is in the glass cylinder hold the uncomfortable to come out, I see it anxious look like to help it, I use the index finger and thumb carefully pinch its shell, light I did not want to come out, did not think that it was with a sharp claws to scratch me, really do not know good people! Although I am very angry, but to see it happy on the ground free to play everywhere, I am also happy for it The

This is my favorite little animal - the turtle "extension". Do you like it?

My mother is a ordinary women.She is a very very ordinary women，really.She

looks like very ordinary;her age very ordinary;only her wears looks like very

special.

My mother always wear a wide casual pants，a T-shirt (or a wide vest)，and a

pair of sunglaes.She always use toiletry，consequently shes skin was very

good.

My mother is very benignant，and she was very love me.I with regard to

these，I to be thankful.I love my mother ， too.Because she gave me very very

many.She civilize by education me how to do in world and knowledge.

My mother is a office workers.She everyday works hard，but she always not to

get heighten.Ha ha～～

I love my mother ， because she gave me very many thinks.

I love my Mum . A ordinary and largene mother.

The snake is a long and thin animal that lives in grass or other dark places.A snake has no legs or feet,but it can move very fast on its stomach.Snakes usually have green,yellow or black skins,which make them difficult for their enemies to find them.Some kinds of snakes live in water.They can swim as freely as fish.

.There are still many problems of environmental protection in recent years. One of the most serious problems is the serious pollution of air, water and soil. the polluted air does great harm to people’s health. The polluted water causes diseases and death. What is more, vegetation had been greatly reduced with the rapid growth of modern cities. To protect the environment, governments of many countries have done a lot. Legislative steps have been introduced to control air pollution, to protect the forest and sea resources

and to stop any environmental pollution. Therefore, governments are playing the most important role in the environmental protection today.

In my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. First, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education. Second, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution. Finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. We should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves

[保护海洋英语作文四篇

Marine biological environment is a complex system including sea water, sea water, soluble matter and suspended matter, seabed sediments and marine organisms. The rich biological resources, mineral resources, chemical resources and power resources in the sea are indispensable human resources treasure houses, which are closely related to the survival and development of mankind.

At present, the main objective of marine conservation is to protect marine biological resources so that they can not be exhausted for sustainable use by mankind. In particular, priority should be given to the conservation of marine animals that are valuable and endangered. According to the UN investigation, due to overfishing, mangrove accidental killing of non target to allow the killing of marine organisms, the coastal engineering construction, deforestation, pollution of the marine environment in general, at least 25 of the worlds most valuable fisheries resources consumed, whales, sea turtles, manatees and many other marine animal faces the danger of extinction. It is expected that with the expansion of marine development, it is possible to cause more damage to marine biological resources.

Marine protection task should first stop on the marine biological resources excessive use, secondly to protect the marine biological habitat or habitat, especially their migration, spawning, feeding, avoid Huahai coastline, beaches, estuaries, coral reefs, to prevent heavy metals, pesticides, oil, organic produce and eutrophication. Nutrients such as marine pollution. Maintain the ability of regeneration of marine biological resources and the natural purification ability of the sea water, maintain the marine ecological balance, and ensure the sustainable development and utilization of the marine.

Now, our side of the car constant more up, the environment also increasingly worse!

That the air around us there are many harmful substances. Therefore, we want to Sue around things start to do.

For example, we can go to school by bike or walk, it can exercise.

If you have time can use less elevator, many climb stairs. We can not only physical exercise, but also to protect our environment.

现在，我们身边的汽车不断的多了起来，环境也越来越糟糕!以至于我们周围的空气有很多有害物质。所以，我们要苏身边的小事做起。比如，我们可以骑自行车上学或者步行，这样还可以锻炼身体。有时间的话可以少用电梯，多爬楼梯。我们不仅能锻炼身体,也能保护我们的环境。

写作练习：旅游活动（中段考范文）

【单元财富运用】

假定你是李华，上周末和家人开车去大角湾度假。请你根据以下要点，给你的美国朋友Tom介绍你的旅游经历。

1. 出发时间：周六早上7点；

2. 准备物品：零食、衣服、相机等；

3. 旅游活动：游泳，欣赏海水、海滩、日出和日落等美景，吃海鲜，买纪念品；

4. 你的感受。

【注意】：1. 词数100；

2. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数；

3. 可以适当增加节，以使行文连贯。

Last weekend my family and I went to Dajiaowan Gulf for a holiday.______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

步骤1：认真审题，提炼要点。

一定体裁：记叙文，记叙一次旅游活动

二定时态：旅游发生在过去，因此描述旅游前的准备和过程都应该采用一般过去

时；而感想则可以用一般现在时或现在完成时。

三定要点：结合写作内容，整理和罗列要点。

表达旅游活动的常用词汇：

步骤2：整合信息，连词成句。

1. 星期六早上7点开车出发。

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2. 准备好零食、衣服、相机等。

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3. 在海滩游泳，欣赏海水日出和日落等美景。

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4. 吃海鲜，买纪念品；

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5. 谈感受。

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步骤3：连句成段，用上适当的关联词。

not only…but also…, where, what’s more /besides / in addition, then, because…..

【我的作文】

Last weekend my family and I went to Dajiaowan Gulf for a holiday.______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

保护动物，是我们人人都要做到的，许多人任意去猎杀动物，虽然现在的人都说要保护动物，但是还有很多顽固的人不听，继续猎杀动物，人类拿动物来观赏、卖钱，用兽皮做大衣但你们有没有想过，如果你是一只动物，却遭到了人类的猎杀，你会怎么想，你愿意吗，你愿意被猎杀吗？你绝对不愿意，有些人说：我又不是动物。但你们有没有想过动物们会怎么想吗？现在人类大量捕杀动物，动物会甘心吗？不，不会，永远不会。它们不愿意死在人类手里。它们愿意被你们猎杀吗？不，它们有一千个不愿意，一万个不愿意，一亿个不愿意

有些人虽然知道怎样去爱护动物，可是他们只会假惺惺地去教育别人，而自己却照样破坏环境，照样兴致勃勃品尝野味。就拿印度洋毛里求斯群岛上生活的渡渡鸟来说，由于它身上的肉鲜美无比，所以遭到当时人类的大量捕食，在十七世纪就已告灭绝。但是如果当时人们有动物保护意识的话，就不会造成渡渡鸟的灭绝。

还有鲸，鲸不是让你们随意捕杀的，鲸是被杀掉一头就死一头的，不像小鱼小虾那样多，如果我们把鲸杀掉了，那我们的子孙后代，他们不是看不到鲸这种动物吗？

现在，有些动物已经灭绝了，鳄鱼虽然凶猛，但人类更凶猛。就是因为有些动物身上的器官具有突出的经济价值，由此成为被人类掠夺利用的对象，成为动物灭绝的主要因素。鳄鱼长着锐利的牙齿，和硕大的食物胃口，我们都说鳄鱼可怕，但鳄鱼更怕人类，在人类的眼中，鳄鱼皮可以制成行李箱，手提包，钱包，鞋等物品，所以鳄鱼，现在已经成为快要灭绝的动物了。

《金色的脚印》，这篇文章讲了正太郎家捉来了一只小狐狸，两只老狐狸想尽办法就救出小狐狸，正太郎很同情小狐狸，他偷偷地给老狐狸投送食物，于是，他们之间建立了亲密，信任的关系，后来两只老狐狸救了正太郎，最后，小狐狸回归了大自然，两只老狐狸是多么高兴！这篇文章赞美了人与动物之间互相信任，互相帮助，和谐相处的美好关系，也展现了动物之间的浓浓亲情。我们就要向正太郎学习，他帮助动物，动物也救了他，这样不是很好么？为什么人们还是要捕杀动物呢？

在此，我呼吁人们，不要再破坏自然界中的花草树木，不要再乱杀一禽一兽，不要再杀害我们的朋友，要保护好自然界中的一个个生灵。消灭动物，就是在消灭人类自己。如果有一天世界上的动物全都消失了，那人类还能生存吗？要保护动物，珍惜这自然界里的每一个生灵吧。

朋友们，动物是大自然留给人类的无价之宝，它是我们人类的朋友。它们的生衍死灭与我们人类的生活是密切相关的。动物的大量毁灭对人类将产生严重的不良后果，造成生态严重不平衡，从而使人类的生存环境遭到破坏。让我们从现在做起，从我做起，保护动物，使世界变得更美好吧！保护动物，就是保护人类自己！

我最喜欢小青蛙，因为，他们穿着绿色的衣服，黄色的花纹，白白的肚子，捉起害虫可了不起啦！下面我就给你们讲讲青蛙在成长过程中的变化和它们是怎样捉害虫的吧！

青蛙小时候穿着黑黑的衣服，头圆圆的，叫蝌蚪，长大了以后就变成了现在这个样子。青蛙捉害虫的时候会把舌头伸的长长的，把害虫卷起来吃到肚子里，真了不起，青蛙一天至少能吃70条害虫，一年能吃到15000条，甚至比这还要多，青蛙还是游泳专家，它游得可快了。

但是，现在有很多人把它们抓来吃它们的肉，还把它们抓到市场去卖，这样的行为很不好，所以，我们应该劝他们停止伤害青蛙的行为。我们又应该怎么样劝呢？下面我就给你们讲讲吧！

我们可以说：“你们这样做很不好，如果你们把青蛙捉完了，那农民们的庄稼怎么办？那我们的粮食不就被害虫吃完了？可是，我们还要吃粮食，因为没有了青蛙，农民伯伯只能用农药来杀虫，那些农药被雨水冲刷流到河水里，不是又污染了水源吗？我们人类饮用这样的水身体还会健康吗？所以青蛙对我们非常重要，我们一定要保护它们。”

我希望有更多的人一起来保护这些有益的小动物。

[保护有益的小动物作文400字范例

As the new year is coming, many families plan to go the zoo and have fun together. But recently, a tragedy happened in the zoo, a man was bitten by a tiger. The public scared, then later the truth came out that the men tried to skip buying ticket and he went across the limited line. The animal has their nature. Once they are under threat, they will do the horrible thing. If the visitors behave themselves well and do as the tips, then the tragedy won’t happen. But still a lot of people scream and try to throw away the food to the animals, which do harm to the animals. It is everybody’s duty to protect animals.

随着新年的来临，许多家庭计划一起去动物园玩。而最近，动物园里发生了一场悲剧，有人被老虎咬伤。大家都害怕起来，结果真相是那个人试图逃票，还越过禁止线。动物都有自己的本能，一旦受到威胁，他们就会做可怕的事情。如果游客遵从提示、约束自我，那么悲剧就不会发生。但是仍然很多人会大喊大叫，试图扔食物给动物吃，这对动物是有害的。保护动物是每个人的责任。

Panda is known as the national treasure of China. The panda was a kind of ordinary animal in China long ago. However, for some reasons, too many of them have been killed. So the number of them is falling quickly.

At present people are taking an important measure to save pandas. People want to find a home for them, and recently, they have set up a nature park for them in Sichuan Province,which is called "Pandas Home. "There pandas can enjoy their life happily. There is a bamboo forest near the Pandas Home. So the pandas can find bamboos easily which they like to eat very much.

Because pandas are well protected now, the number of them is increasing every year. We hope that one day we will have enough pandas to set them free and let them live in the wild again.

Pandas are good friends of man. Man should try to protect them and ]et them live in the way they like!

Panda is familiar by more and more people as the development of Internet. Now people can see the live show from the Internet. These lovely angels are favored by the fans from all over the world. What they do in the daily life makes people laugh out loudly. No one can resist the charm from these angels. But it is known to all that panda is dying out, because it is not easy for them to get birth to the new babies. What’s more, people damage the environment, which makes panda lose their home. We can do small things to protect them. When we go to the zoo, we should not throw away the rubbish and keep quiet, in the purpose of not to disturb these lovely creature. We love panda, it is our duty to protect them from dying out.

导语：眼睛是我们身体最重要的部分，我们应该好好爱护它，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Everyone knows that eyes are one of the most important parts of our body.Having good eyesight means we can not only see things clearly,but also enjoy some beautiful scenes.there is also a saying going that eyes are the window of our mind.But how can we protect our eyes?

Here are some tips for you .Firstly, it is a good habits not to read your books or newspapers for a long time because our eyes need rest,too.Secondly,dont read books in a strong or poor light,otherwise,the light would harm our eyes.At last,remember to keep on doing eye-exercises and watch more green grass and other plants.

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每个人都知道眼睛是我们身体最重要的部分之一。拥有良好的视力意味着我们不仅能看到事物的本质,也能欣赏到一些美丽的风景。还有一个说,眼睛是心灵的窗口。但是我们如何保护我们的眼睛呢?

这里有一些建议给你。首先,不长时间看书或者看报纸这是一个好习惯,因为我们的眼睛需要休息。其次,不在光线强或光线差下看书,否则,光会伤害我们的眼睛。最后,记得要坚持做眼保健操,看更多的绿草和其他植物。

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今天爸爸给我买了一只可爱的小鸡，全身长着桔黄色的茸毛，我给它起名叫“小黄”。小黄两只小眼睛一眨一眨的，像小星星一样，它的爪子还没有长得那么坚硬有力，让小黄显得更加可爱。小黄最喜欢做的事情就是趴在我的脚上睡觉。毛茸茸的、软软的身体，让我感觉到脚暖和极了。

Today, my father bought me a lovely chicken, covered with orange hair, I called it "yellow". Miss Huangs two small eyes blink and act like a little star. Its claws are not so strong and strong as to make Xiao Huang look more lovely. Xiao Huangs favorite thing to do is to sleep on my feet. The fluffy, soft body made my feet warm.

看着它睡得香甜，我不忍心动一下，生怕惊醒它，当我挪动我的脚时，它还恋恋不舍地追随我的脚。到了晚上小黄还是唧唧的叫着，要我陪它。于是我做了一个脚的模型，周围放了温水瓶，这样小黄就安心入梦了，看着它睡着了，我也安心地睡觉了。

It looked at sleep soundly, I could not bear to heart, afraid of waking it, when I move my feet, it is unable to part my feet to follow. In the evening, Xiao Huang still chirped and asked me to accompany him. So I made a foot model, surrounded by warm water bottle, so his yellow dream, watching it fall asleep, I also sleep at ease.

小黄还喜欢跑来跑去和我捉迷藏，有一次，我找了半天，也没找到它，后来，在我的澡盆里发现了小黄。它在里面怎么飞，也飞不出它自己不小心蹦进去的澡盆了。看着它，我笑了，小心翼翼地把它拿出来了。我的小鸡“小黄”可爱吧！

Huang also love to run and hide and seek, once, I am looking for a long time, did not find it later, Huang was found in my bathtub. It can fly inside, also can not fly out of its own in the bathtub was accidentally jumped. Looking at it, I smiled and took it out carefully. My chicken "Yellow Daisy" is cute!

[描写动物的英语作文（含翻译）

In recent years， many nations have bee more aware of the environmental issues each nation faces， such as air and water pollution。 The question is， are the environmental issues a national problem or an international problem? It is my belief that the environmental issues have grown to the point of being an international problem needing international cooperation to resolve。

Because of the differences in environmental policies， resources and technology， international cooperation could provide quicker results and have a greater impact on bringing resolution to environmental problems for nations of differing environmental policies and of lesser resources and technology。 By pooling international resources and technology to address the environmental problems， the disadvantaged nations are provided the assistance needed。 Otherwise their environmental conditions deteriorate ultimately affecting the resources and environment of the world as a whole。

One of the difficulities to an international resolution to environmental issues is the difference in individual nations view and policies toward environmental protection。 In order for international cooperation to occur and succeed， the nations of the world must submit themselved to international standards and supervision by an international mission elected by the participating nations of the world。 All members must agree to abide by the standards established。

The environmental issues facing each country are not unrelated to the well being of the rest of the world。 The impact is long term and international in scope。 Without international cooperation and agreement to address such environmental issues as glacial melting at the South Pole， depletion of the ozone layer， water pollution， air polution， etc。， the environmental conditions of the world will deteriorate to the detriment of every nation， not just those that ignore or lack the resources and technology to resolve their individual environmental problems。

As part of the same planet， it is the responsibility of each individual and nation to protect the global environment。 Only international cooperation will provide the timely solutions and the effectiveness needed to stop the deteriorating global environment。

A tiger is a kind of catamount animal.It looks like a cat,but much bigger than a cat.A tiger is very ferocious and it eats mainly meat.It has yellow and black streaks all over its body and it looks very beautiful.Its tail is long and strong and it can hit its quarry dying.

Tigers live in the thick forests and small animals in the forests are tigers food.

During the past years,many forests have been cut down and the living conditions of the tigers are becoming worse and worse.There are fewer tigers left in the world now.Tigers are the animals of the world,and they should have their own living spaces.We must do our best to protect the tigers and their living environment.