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Are you one of the patrol?
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Yes.
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Good.
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One of Ritai's men?
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Yeah.
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Fine, then cut him loose.
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What are you looking at!Don't stop.
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Hold the leg up.
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Turn the head a bit.
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Give me the knife.
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Kekexili,
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the last virginwilderness of China.
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Nearly four miles high.
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This plain is the only remaininghabitat of the Tibetan antelope.
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In 1985,
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Poachers began huntingantelopes for their fine wool,
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which was prized inforeign markets.
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Within a few years,
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the number of antelopes plungedfrom one million to under ten thousand.
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To fight the poachers, a volunteercivilian patrol was formed in 1993.
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It was led by Ritai,a retired Tibetan army officer.
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The patrol fought fiercebattles with the poachers
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and aroused the attentionof the outside world.
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