One thing the tour books don‘t tell you about London is that 2,000 of its residents are foxes. As native as the royal family, they fled the city about centuries ago after develop
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Onethingthetourbooksdon‘ttellyouaboutLondonisthat2,000ofitsresidentsarefoxes.Asnativeastheroyalfamily,theyfledthecityaboutcenturiesagoafterdevelopersandpollutionmovedin.Butnowthattheenvironmentiscleaner,thefoxeshavecomehome,oneofthemanywildanimalsthathavemovedintourbanareasaroundtheworld.―Thenumberandvarietyofwildanimalsinurbanareasisincreasing,‖saysGomerJones,presidentoftheNationalInstituteforUrbanWildlife,inColumbia,Maryland.AsurveyofthewildlifeinNewYork‘sCentralParklastyeartalliedthespeciesofmammals,includingmuskrats,shrewsandflyingsquirrels.Asimilarsurveyconductedinthe1890scountedonlyfivespecies.Oneofthecountry‘slargestpopulationsofraccoons(浣熊)nowlivesinWashingtonD.C.,andmoose(驼鹿)areregularlyseenwanderingintoMainetowns.Peregrinefalcons(游隼)divefromthewindowledgesofbuildingsinthelargestU.S.citiestopreyonpigeons.Severalchangeshavebroughtwildanimalstothecities.Foremostisthatairandwaterqualityinmanycitieshasimprovedasaresultofthe1970s‘pollution-controlefforts.Meanwhile,ruralareashavebeenbuiltup,leavingmanyanimalsontheedgesofsuburbia.Inaddition,conservationistshavecreatedurbanwildliferefuges.TheGreaterLondonCouncillastyearspent$750,000tobuylandandbuild10permanentwildliferefugesinthecity.Over1,000volunteershavedonatedmoneyandclearedrubblefromderelictlots.Asaresult,pheasantsnowstrutintheEastEndandbadgersscuttleacrosslawnsnearthecenteroftown.AcolonyofrarehousemartinsnestsonawindowledgebesideHarrods,andoneeveninglastyearafoxwasseenonWestminsterBridgelookingupatBigBen.
Forperegrinefalcons,citiesareactuallysaferthanruralcliffdwellings.By1970thebirdswereextincteastoftheMississippibecausetheDDThadmadetheireggstoothintosupportlife.Thatyear,ornithologistTomCadeofCornellUniversitybeganrisingthebirdsforreleaseincities,forcitiesaffordedabundantfoodandcontainednoneoftheperegrine‘snaturalpredators."Beforetheywereexterminated,somemigratedtocitiesontheirownbecausetheyhadrunoutofcliffspace,"Cadesays.―Toperegrines,buildingsarejustlikecliffs.‖Hehasreleasedabout30birdssince1975inNewYork,Baltimore,PhiladelphiaandNorfolk,andofthe20pairsnowlivingintheEast,halfareurbanites.―Afewoftheyoungoneshavegottenintotroublebyfallingdownchimneysandcrashingintowindow-glass,butoveralltheiradjustmenthasbeensuccessful.‖
[A]environmentiscrucialforwildlife
[B]tourbooksarenotalwaysareliablesourceofinformation
[C]Londonisacityoffox
[D]foxesarehighlyadaptabletoenvironment
[A]wildlifeofallkindsreturningtolargecitiestolive
[B]falconsinNewYork,Baltimore,Philadelphia,andNorfolk
[C]moosestumblingintoplate-glassstorefronts
[D]foxesreturningtoLondon
[A]explaintheirlivinghabit
[B]makeknowntheirhabitat
[C]showtheendeavorsofLondonerstomakethecityhabitableforwildlife
[D]encouragevolunteerstodosomethingforthespecies
[A]thatairandwaterqualityhasimprovedinthecities
[B]whywildlifelikesthenoiseandcommotioninthecities
[C]thatwildliferefugeshavebeenbuiltinthecities
[D]whywildlifeisreturningtocities
[A]bountifulnestingareas,abundantfood,andrainwatercontrolbasins
[B]abundantfood,buildingsthatresemblecliffs,andnonaturalpredators
[C]largebuildingswithchimneysotherwildlife,andwell-lightednestingareas
[D]abundantfood,chimneys,rubble,andwindowsills
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