IELTS Speaking for Success - 🦭 Wild animals (Part 3) + Transcript

Episode Date: October 26, 2025

Get our premium episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Why should people protect wild animals? Is it more important to protect wild animals or the environment? Should people educate children to protect wild animals? Why do some people attach more importance to protecting rare animals? Do you think it’s important to take children to the zoo to see animals? Why are some people more willing to protect wild animals than others? Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://linktr.ee/sfspremium Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2025 Podcourses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, hello, dear listener and welcome into speaking part three, wild animals in general, right? So Rory here knows a lot of things about animals, an educated native speaker. Allegedly. Why should people protect wild animals? All kinds of reasons. Well, all species contribute to the planet's biodiversity, which is useful for things like genetic variation and disease control and prevention. There are also things called umbrella species, which means that in the cause of protecting them, we protect the animals which share their habitats too, so the knock-on effects of preserving them

are really worth promoting. Is it more important to protect wild animals or the environment? I think they go hand in hand, kind of, don't they? You can't really have animals without an environment, but at the same time, what's the point in preserving a habitat devoid of all animal life? If you've got to pick one, though, I suppose it's better to see. safeguard the environment since that would benefit human beings more directly. Should people educate children to protect wild animals?

Well, I think they already do. And it makes sense. However you look at it, logically, we need animals to support the biosphere and looking after them ensures that we will benefit from that. But also morally, I think if we're nicer to animals or as nice as we can be, then I think that contributes to a more moral, caring society. Why do some people attach more importance to protecting rare animals? Well, they could be, and I think they frequently are umbrella species, like I mentioned before, but their rarity is also a part of their symbolism. So by investing in their care, we invest more in the value of the animals for us.

Although maybe that's a bit esoteric. More relatably, if an animal is endangered, there's a greater sense of urgency in keeping them safe. So the logical option seems to be investing more effort in looking after them. Do you think it's important to take children to the zoo to see animals? No, absolutely not. In fact, I am dead set against zoos. The treatment of animals in zoos is inhumane and unnatural. You learn nothing from keeping them in enclosures and cages.

Well, nothing other than the high regard human beings have for themselves in being able to cage the poor things up for display purposes. There is nothing worthwhile about them. It's a money thing, pure and simple. Why are some people more willing to protect wild animals than others? Well, there's great value in keeping animals in their natural state. We already talked about the relationship between animals and the biosphere and environment at large. So protecting animals preserves the natural beauty of these places,

as well as the natural balance that allows them to yield things like, oxygen for the planet and medicines, if we're talking about trees at least. And then there are the untapped genetic resources which such places might yield. If they are wiped out, then we might lose that. And then you suffer horrendous consequences as a result. So people who promote this idea are perhaps more aware of that compared to other people. As you know, we now release all of our premium content for free. And it's available for one month.

After one month, it goes into our super secret. archive. To sign up for the archive, click the link in the description below. See you soon. How are you de listener? Are you okay? Are you ready to rise up and destroy the zoos? So you don't like zoos, do you? Hmm. I hate zoos, we've talked about this before. What about circuses? Nope, absolutely not. Not if they use animals. But animals are used in, you know, manufacturing of shampoos, cosmetics, like different creams. Yes, that's also wrong. I think you should absolutely be using human beings for this. Oh, okay, interesting.

Yes, dear listen, you see, our worry, you know, cares for animals and doesn't like zoos and circuses. All right. So, protect wild animals. Species or kinds of animals, species or species or species, contribute to the planet's biodiversity. Biodiversity means the number and types of plants, animals that exist in our world. And when we protect animals, we protect their habitats. Habits is where animals live.

So we live in flats, houses, animals live in their natural environment. C1, a band 8 word. So a lot of wildlife is losing its next. natural habitat. So lots of animals are losing their habitats. And if we don't protect wild animals, this will have the knock-on effects, on the environment, on people. Knock-on effects are just consequences, things that happen as a result of something. Protecting animals and protecting the environment go hand in hand. So when you protect animals, you protect their habitats.

So you protect the environment. So they go together. You cannot separate them. So we can't have animals without an environment, without their natural habitat, without a forest, without a river, an ocean. And if we pick one, if I had to pick one, the environment or animals,

I suppose it's better to save God the environment. Save God means to save. Here, Rory uses a synonym not to repeat the examiner's question, like to save, or safeguard to protect something. Safe guard the environment. To keep it from harm. Children should be educated how to protect wild animals. And wild animals, we mean like not pets. Okay, like not sheep, cows that are close to people, but like animals who live in the wild.

Capybirus. tigers, lions, crocodiles. We need animals to support the biosphere. It's another one. So we have biodiversity. Animals are part of our biodiversity and they are part of our biosphere. Well, pretty much like a part of a planet's environment where life exists. So biosphere everywhere where life exists. And you can say that wild animals are part of our life. and biosphere, so we will have to protect them. Yes, otherwise we will also die. And teaching children how to protect animals

contributes to a more moral, caring society. Well, it might. So caring means giving emotional support to others. If we just teach anybody how to take care of somebody, animals, people. So we will live in a better world. We have rare animals. Some people think that it's better to protect rare animals than other animals. For example, a more leopard is a rare animal.

Or black rhino, there you go. Sumatran tiger. A red wolf. Ooh, red wolf, nice. Around 300 individuals, what? It's crazy. Yeah, so they are critically endangered species. So very rare.

Red wolves. Giant pandas are they rare? They're probably rarer than a lot of other animals. Yeah, okay. So the giant panda is among the world's most threatened animals. Rarity. So animals are rare and they're rare. Rarity.

But that's just the concept of being rare. And if an animal is endangered, there is a greater sense of urgency. So urgency, like, yeah, like we need to take care of endangered species, urgently. So it's more important. It needs attention immediately. Keep them safe or protect. So keep them safe is a nice synonym. And invest more effort in looking.

after them. So look after animals, take care of animals, keeping them safe, protect them. So we should invest more effort in looking after rare species or species. And then Rory gets all emotional about the zoos. So he says like, absolutely not. Absolutely not. And Rory says that I'm dead set against zoos. Like, no, this is unnatural, inhumane. So this is just not. So this is just not right, according to Rory. If you disagree with Rory, it's okay. It's okay to be wrong. If you agree, good. And if you agree, it's going to be right. Inhumane means cruel, causing suffering to people and animals. So, keeping animals in zoos is inhumane. Keep animals in enclosures. So when animals are kept not in the wild, they are kept encloses. It's one word,

an area surrounded by fences or walls, like an enclosure for the horses. Inclosure. Inclosure, one word. Or in cages, right? So keeping animals in cages is inhumane. And also you can say that it's horrible to cage animals. A cage and to cage. It's a verb.

It's horrible to cage animals for display purposes. But that just means to show them to people. Protecting animals preserves the natural beauty of our biosphere, of our environment. Preserves, like, keeps, maintains the natural beauty. And preserving animals maintains the natural balance. Yeah, balance in nature. And then Rory says something about untapped genetic resources. I don't understand this, Rory.

It's beyond me. It's some science, you know? What? Well, genetic resources would just be the genes of different, or the DNA of different species that we haven't discovered yet, and they might contribute to potential cures for things. Because we still don't know about several species that live in the rainforest, for example.

And so if the rainforest is destroyed, we cannot use those resources because they will not exist anymore, and they will be untapped. And they're untapped now, because nobody knows how to use them or where to find them. So untapped just means not used or not controlled. DeLisner, how are you doing? Are you okay? Right? I'm reading already about the giant panda. What about you?

Now you know that the red wolf is super endangered. 300 red wolves in the world. Rory, if you were an animal, a wild animal, who would you be? A capybara? I'd be a capybara. We've talked about this. We have an episode on wild animals, but it's part one. I'd be a snow leopard. They're also pretty endangered.

You would. I remember you seeing that last time as well. Yeah, I love snow leopards. They're awesome. So fluffy. It's giant cats. Thank you very much for listening, dear listener. We are sending you love and joy and health and hugs.

Okay. Bye. Stay with us, okay? Bye. Why should people protect wild animals? All kinds of reasons. Well, all species contribute to the planet's biodiversity, which is useful for things like genetic variation and disease control and prevention.

There are also things called umbrella species, which means that in the cause of protecting them, we protect the animals which share their habitats too, so the knock-on effects of preserving them are really worth promoting. Is it more important to protect wild animals or the environment? I think they go hand in hand, kind of, don't they? You can't really have animals without an environment, but at the same time, what's the point in preserving a habitat devoid of all animal life?

If you've got to pick one, though, I suppose it's better to safeguard the environment, since that would benefit human beings more directly. Should people educate children to protect wild animals? Well, I think they already do, and it makes sense. However you look at it, logically, we need animals to support the biosphere, and looking after them ensures that we will benefit from that. But also morally, I think if we're nicer to animals or as nice as we can be, then I think that contributes to a more moral caring society.

Why do some people attach more importance to protecting rare animals? Well, they could be, and I think they frequently are umbrella species, like I mentioned before, but their rarity is also a part of their symbolism. So by investing in their care, we invest more in the value of the animals for us. Although maybe that's a bit esoteric. More relatively, if an animal is endangered, there's a greater sense of urgency in keeping them safe. So the logical option seems to be investing more effort in looking after them. Do you think it's important to take children to the zoo to see animals?

No, absolutely not. In fact, I am dead set against zoos. The treatment of animals in zoos is inhumane and unnatural. You learn nothing from keeping them in enclosures and cages. Well, nothing other than the high regard human beings have for themselves in being able to cage the poor things up for display purposes. There is nothing worthwhile about them. It's a money thing, pure and simple.

Why are some people more willing to protect wild animals than others? Ah, well, there's great value in keeping animals in their natural state. We already talked about the relationship between animals and the biosphere. and environment at large. So protecting animals preserves the natural beauty of these places, as well as the natural balance that allows them to yield things like oxygen for the planet and medicines, if we're talking about trees at least. And then there are the untapped genetic resources which such places might yield.

If they are wiped out, then we might lose that. And then you suffer horrendous consequences as a result. So people who promote this idea are perhaps more, aware of that compared to other people.