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Why Are Animals Important to Us?

We know about one million animals that live on the Earth, and we can give names to them. However, there are more than thirty million , and all of them are important. Why do people think so? One reason is that animals make the world a richer, more interesting and more beautiful place for us to live in. Additionally, animals help us in many ways. They provide us with meat to eat and milk to drink. We from their skins and fur. Scientists learn a lot from animals to understand people better. Another reason why animals are important is that it is about animals because we are animals too. People and animals share one world. Our land is their land; our trees are their trees; our rivers are their rivers. However, the world has changed a lot recently. Water in many rivers and seas , making it dangerous for water birds and fish to live there. People build without considering animals. They create new roads, they pollute rivers and cut down trees. As the human population grows, we are taking away animals' homes very quickly. Sometimes, they have no place to go, and they die.