We hope you are enjoying our series of persuasive writing about the kiwi, do let us know what you think about the subject.Today Aspen tells us why she thinks it was worthwhile operating on K2 the kiwi.
Surgery or Not?
K2 is a kiwi who had an accident
when he hatched. His leg had twisted
around the wrong way. The people who were looking after him decided to fix him
with surgery. These are some reasons why it was worth saving K2 the kiwi.
Kiwi are endangered.They are
very rare, there are only 1600 little spotted kiwi left!
80 years ago there were 5,000,000
kiwi in New Zealand but in 2008 there were 72,600. In the wild only 5% of kiwi
chicks will live to adulthood when chicks in captivity have a 65% chance of
surviving.
Kiwi are only found in New Zealand,
they don’t live anywhere else because they love the food here. The great
spotted
Kiwi only live on Stewart island
so spend some money to help our kiwi!
Finally kiwi are a symbol to
New Zealand and we are called kiwis
.When people come to New Zealand they go to kiwi houses so we can’t lose our
native bird if were called kiwis and if they go extinct we can’t be called
kiwis anymore!
That’s why I think it is worth saving K2. Kiwi are very special to New Zealand and are close to extinction so donate now, please save our kiwi.
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| A kiwi being looked after by an Operation Nest Egg helper. |
2 comments:
I didn't know that Kiwi's were so very endangered. Are there specific organizations that are working to help save and protect the Kiwi?
Your class has put lots of writing up about saving kiwis which I have been reading with interest. I am wondering where K2 the kiwi lives and who were the surgeons /vets who carried out the operation. Are they at the zoo, or the bush reserve or a a kiwi house?
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