A Careless Solution: Failure in Coyote Control
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In 1981, tragic news shocked Los Angeles
residents.
A three-year-old girl was attacked and killed by a
coyote in front of her home.
People were outraged and immediately took action to remove the species from their neighborhoods.
They killed a total of 55 coyotes over a period of 80 days.
Scientists, however, questioned such a destructive control method, as coyotes are highly adaptive and breed quickly.
ive
adapt→adaptive
create→creative
attract→attractive
A study showed that a simulated coyote population survived indefinitely when 70% were killed annually.
This means that killing even most of the coyotes in a population will have no significant effect.
In coyote packs, a dominant adult pair maintains a strict structure that prevents others from breeding and controls the population.
Destructive control methods often disrupt this social structure, resulting in increased populations.
= break up
= destroy
Moreover, completely eliminating the species using a control method could cause other issues such as over-population of rodents and other small prey.
Clearly, it is difficult to predict how nature will balance itself out when humans attempt to control.
Scientists, however, questioned such a destructive control method, as coyotes are highly adaptive and breed quickly.

such a destructive control method는 ‘그토록〔대단히〕 ~한 ...’의 뜻인 「such + a + 형용사+명사」 구문으로 쓰였다. as는 이유를 나타내는 종속접속사이다.

This means that killing even most of the coyotes in a population will have no significant effect.

killing even most of the coyotes in a population이 that절의 주어이고 will have가 동사이다.

In coyote packs, a dominant adult pair maintains a strict structure that prevents others from breeding and controls the population.

a dominant adult pair가 주어이고 등위접속사 and로 연결된 maintains 와 controls가 동사인 문장이다. that은 주격 관계대명사이며 a strict structure가 선행사이다.

prevents others from breeding에서 「prevent A from -ing」는 ‘A가 ~하는 것을 막다’ 라는 의미이다.

Moreover, completely eliminating the species using a control method could cause other issues such as over-population of rodents and other small prey.

completely eliminating the species using a control method가 주어이고 could cause가 동사이다.

Clearly, it is difficult to predict how nature will balance itself out when humans attempt to control.

「it ... to」 구문이 사용된 문장으로, it은 가주어, to predict 이하가 진주어이다. how nature will balance itself out은 predict의 목적어 역할을 하는 명사절로, 「의문사+주어+동사」의 어순으로 쓰였다.

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A Careless Solution: Failure in Coyote Control
경솔한 해결책: 코요테 통제 실패
In 1981, tragic news shocked Los Angeles residents.
1981년, 비극적인 소식이 로스앤젤레스 주민들을 충격에 빠트렸다.
A three-year-old girl was attacked and killed by a coyote in front of her home.
3살짜리 소녀가 자택 앞에서 코요테에게 공격당해 죽었다.
People were outraged and immediately took action to remove the species from their neighborhoods.
사람들은 격분하여 즉각적으로 이 동물 종을 동네에서 제거하기 위해 조치를 취했다.
They killed a total of 55 coyotes over a period of 80 days.
그들은 80여 일의 기간 동안 총 55마리의 코요테를 죽였다.
Scientists, however, questioned such a destructive control method, as coyotes are highly adaptive and breed quickly.
그러나 과학자들은 코요테는 높은 적응력을 가지고 빠르게 번식하므로 이러한 파괴적인 통제 방법을 의심했다.
A study showed that a simulated coyote population survived indefinitely when 70% were killed annually.
한 연구는 모의 코요테 개체 수를 연간 70% 죽였을 때 코요테의 개체 수가 무한히 생존하는 것을 보여주었다.
This means that killing even most of the coyotes in a population will have no significant effect.
이는 코요테 개체 수의 대부분을 죽인다고 해도 눈에 띄는 효과가 없다는 것을 의미한다.
In coyote packs, a dominant adult pair maintains a strict structure that prevents others from breeding and controls the population.
코요테 무리에서는 우세한 성체 쌍이 다른 코요테가 번식하는 것을 막는 엄격한 구조를 유지하며 개체 수를 통제한다.
Destructive control methods often disrupt this social structure, resulting in increased populations.
파괴적인 통제 방법은 대개 이러한 사회 구조를 붕괴시켜 개체 수 증가를 야기한다.
Moreover, completely eliminating the species using a control method could cause other issues such as over-population of rodents and other small prey.
게다가 통제 방법을 이용하여 종을 완전히 제거하는 것은 설치류나 다른 피식 동물의 개체 수 과잉과 같은 다른
문제들을 야기할 수 있다.
Clearly, it is difficult to predict how nature will balance itself out when humans attempt to control.
명백하게도, 인간이 통제를 시도할 때 자연이 어떻게 균형을 이룰지 예측하는 것은 어렵다.
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