WorksheetsDogs on Duty
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Dogs are helping to save elephants and rhinos by:
Detecting poachers and illegal wildlife products
Guiding tourists on safaris
Providing companionship to park rangers
Chasing away predators from herds
What does the word 'smuggle' mean as used in the passage?
To move something secretly from one place to another, especially something illegal.
To cook food using steam.
To write a letter to a friend.
To build a house with bricks.
CFC dogs are currently on duty in five countries in Africa, shown here. They are about to start work in the westernmost country labeled on the map, which is ________.
Senegal
Nigeria
Kenya
Ethiopia
True or False: It is legal to hunt rhinos for their horns in Africa.
True
False
What are some of the animal parts that dogs are trained to detect?
Elephant tusks, rhino horns, lion claws, and teeth.
Feathers, fish scales, and bird beaks.
Sheep wool, cow hooves, and goat horns.
Horse manes, pig tails, and chicken combs.
What is the main job of the CFC dogs described in the article 'Super Sniffers'?
To protect elephants from poachers
To sniff out illegal wildlife products at airports, seaports, and border checkpoints
To help train other animals
To carve ivory into statues
According to the article, how many illegal wildlife products have the CFC dogs sniffed out so far?
Nearly 100
Nearly 200
Nearly 400
Nearly 1,000
Fill in the blank: Some breeds of dogs have about ______ million sensors in their noses.
300
30
3
1000
What does the word 'smuggle' mean as used in the 'Words to Know' box?
To notice or discover
To move something from one place to another illegally and secretly
To carve ivory into statues
To train dogs
What does the word 'detect' mean as used in the 'Words to Know' box?
To move something illegally
To notice or discover
To train animals
To carve statues
About ______ African elephants are killed for their ivory tusks each year.
20,000
2,000
200,000
200
Fill in the blank: Fewer than ______ rhinos are left in the world, down from 500,000 a century ago.
27,000
100,000
250,000
75,000
