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| The tiny snow leopard cub (雪豹仔) looked across the mountainside for its mother, waiting for her to return. She never did. The cub's mother was 1 , likely killed by a hunter in the steep mountain of Pakistan. Her cub was 2 and alone-without care it was doomed (注定) to starve. 3 a passing herder (牧人) noticed the tiny cub. He took the 4 home and raised it. At first the cub seemed fine. 5 after a week, the herder 6 the snow leopard baby wasn't healthy and that he didn't know 7 to feed it. He sent word to wildlife officials, hoping 8 would arrive in time. As soon as the World Wide Fund for nature Pakistan (WWF-P) in the city of Gilgit 9 about the cub, they sent a staffer to the remote village. The 10 was more urgent than just one animal in danger; snow leopards are endangered species. 11 being hunted for their beautiful thick coats, the wild cats have 12 much of their 13 prey, such as wild mountain goats and sheep, to hunt. The world population of snow leopards in their natural habitat-high mountain in central Aisa-has 14 between 4,500 and 7,000. In Pakistan only about 300 are 15 . The people at the WWR-P didn't want to lose 16 . They loaded the snow leopard into a card board box lined with a towel and grass and drove it to Gilgit for a veterinary (兽医的) exam. 17 the cub was weak, he had no diseases or infections. The vet felt he would 18 with proper care. But since a snow leopard learns survival 19 like hunting from its mother, the cub could never be set free back into the 20 He was sent to a national park and placed in the care of wildlife keeper who often raised wild baby animals. | ||||
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