对于一个喜爱宠物的国家来说，英国所进行的动物试验数量大得惊人——每年要使用三百万只动物进行实验。

FOR a nation of pet lovers, Britain conducts a surprising number of experiments on animals: some 3m a year.

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野生动物也难觅踪影：我看见一只水鸟、两头山羊、几只白鹭和翠鸟，但是在这个号称有百万大象的地方，连一头大象也没有看到。

Wildlife was also elusive: I spotted a water buffalo, a couple of goats, several egrets and kingfishers but not one - in the fabled Land of a Million Elephants - elephant.

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这是生态学家安德鲁·布劳斯汀，他告诉我们，科学家们最近对可能造成几百万只蛙类和其他两栖类动物死亡的疾病有了更多了解。

That's ecologist Andrew Blaustein. He told us that scientists have recently learned more about diseases that may be killing millions of frogs and other amphibians.

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