After 1910 hunters shot and wounded a substantial number of wolves, thereby greatly diminishing these wolves' ability to prey on wild animals.

正确，狼是群体性动物，过少的数量不利于狼群捕猎野生动物。因而开始杀较为简单的羊。

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Twenty years ago some 800 cheetahs were shot every year by farmers; now approximately 150 are killed by ranchers and farmers, and trophy hunters are permitted to shoot 150.

二十年前，每年大概有800只猎豹被农户打死，而现在每年只有大约150只被农场主和农户打死，而狩猎比赛的猎人允许射杀150只。

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Since 1985 illegal hunters have shot several guards and some 500 rhinos.

自1985年以来，这里的非法偷猎者们已经杀害了数名守卫和500头左右的犀牛；

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About half of the 100 samples -- all shot by hunters -- tested positive for lead, he said.

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"Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram came to the town market and shot dead 13 local hunters on the spot while five others died from their injuries at the hospital, " the official said.

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Quail-hunters flush birds out of the bushes and into the air, where they can be shot.

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