Kate's+Persuasive+Letter

Dear residents of Maribyrnong, I am writing this letter to inform you of the decreasing numbers of some animals in this area, and to tell you some ways you can help to protect the animals in Maribyrnong. Some animals in the Iramoo Grasslands are decreasing in number. One example is the striped legless lizard. There is only around 38 species of this lizard left, and it only lives in Australia. Some of the main threats towards these animals are housing development, grazing, predators’ and fires. If you stop building houses near the grassland, and plant more plants, then you can help to reduce the impact on the Iramoo Grassland. One way you could stop cats getting the native birds is by either fencing off the grassland or by keeping your cats inside your house. You could also help in a big way by not making fires close to the grassland, so that we can maintain the native flora and fauna population. We used to have one tenth of grassland, now, because of burning and fires in Victoria, we have only 0.1% of the grassland left. Please consider what has been written and next time you go to build a fire or a house, think about the plants and animals in Iramoo Grassland, and what they will suffer, and don’t do it! By Kate Armstrong 8A