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Wherever people have spread in the world,
世界上有人类的地方，
they have killed wolves, usually to protect their own livestock such as sheep and cattle.
人类就会杀狼，通常是为了保护人类自己的家畜，比如羊和牛。
As a result, the numbers of wolves have been greatly reduced.
结果造成狼的数量极大的减少。
They are extinct in many countries.
它们已经在许多国家灭绝了。
In Britain, for example, wolves became extinct around 1650.
比如在英国，狼在1650年左右灭绝了。
Similarly, there used to be thousands of wolves in America,
无独有偶，美国曾经有成千上万只狼，
but now there are fewer than 2,000.
但现在还不到2000只。
What is being done to help them?
我们做了什么来帮助它们呢？
About 20 or 30 years ago,
大约20或30年以前，
people started to realize that wolves were threatened with extinction,
人们开始意识到狼濒临灭绝，
and they slowly began initiating programmes to protect them.
于是开启动物保护方案。
In many European countries, wolves are now protected by law.
在欧洲许多国家，保护狼群已经被写进了法律。
In Germany, for instance, where there are now very few wolves, a campaign has started to save them.
比如在德国，现在狼的数量屈指可数，一项拯救它们的活动已经开展起来。
It has several objectives.
它有一些目的。
One is to better publicize the truth about wolves so people will not hate and kill them.
其中一项目的就是更好的宣传关于狼的事实，这样人类就不会厌恶并且屠戮它们。
Another aim is to preserve natural habitats for the wolves to live in.
另一项目的就是为狼群保护它们原始的生存环境使它们得以居住。
This has the advantage of helping many other forms of wildlife, as well.
这同时也有帮助了许多其他的野生动物的好处。
A third objective is to work out practical ways in which both people and wolves can live together.
第三个目的就是找到一种实际的办法，使人类和狼群可以和平共处。
In a modern world, wolves cannot manage on their own without human support.
在当今世界。没有人类的支持，狼是无法生存下来的。
Unless we help them in positive ways, they will disappear forever.
除非我们以积极的办法帮助它们，不然它们将会永久的消失。
