Now do this put-the-text-back-together activity.
This is the text (if you need help).
Zoologists have long hailed saving the giant panda from the brink of extinction as a conservation success story. For decades, the panda has been the "poster animal" for all endangered species. It is even on the logo of the World Wildlife Fund. The International Union for Conservation of Nature removed it from the endangered species list in 2016, although it remains "vulnerable". Many conservationists are now concerned this has come at a cost to other mammals, especially those sharing its habitat. A study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution found that the leopard, snow leopard, wolf and Asian wild dog have almost disappeared from the majority of areas in which the giant panda lives.
Researcher Professor Sheng Li, from Peking University, commended the efforts to protect the giant panda but lamented this has come at the expense of some of China's larger, carnivorous mammals. Since panda conservation areas were established in the 1960s, Asian wild dogs have disappeared from 95% of protected reserves, leopards from 81%, wolves from 77%, and snow leopards from 38%. Professor Li said his findings "indicate the insufficiency of giant panda conservation for protecting these large carnivore species". However, he added: "Failing to safeguard these large carnivore species does not erase the power of the giant panda as an umbrella that has effectively sheltered many other species."
Comprehension questions- What did the article say the giant panda was on the brink of?
- What did the article say the giant panda was the "poster animal" for?
- What did the article say the panda is used on?
- When was the giant panda removed from the endangered species list?
- What dog has suffered because of giant panda conservation efforts?
- Where does researcher Professor Sheng Li work?
- When did panda conservation efforts begin?
- What percentage of snow leopards disappeared from protected reserves?
- What did Professor Li indicate was insufficient?
- What did the professor compare the panda to?
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