Last week, a truck in Oregon had an accident while it was moving 102,000 young salmon fish to a river. The truck was going to the Imnaha River but crashed and let about 77,000 fish go into the wrong river, called Lookingglass Creek. The person driving the truck got hurt a little bit. Because of the crash, more than 25,000 of the fish died either in the truck or next to the creek.

The group that looks after fish in Oregon said this accident means they lost about 20% of the fish they wanted to put in the Imnaha River this year. They think because of this, fewer grown-up fish will come back to that river in a few years to have babies. They guess that 500-900 fewer fish will come back because of the fish that were lost.

But, there is a little bit of good news. The 77,000 fish that ended up in Lookingglass Creek might help that place. They think these fish might grow up and about 350-700 of them could come back to Lookingglass Creek as adults. This means even though the accident was bad, there might still be some good that comes from it for the fish in the new place.

Original news source: Truck crash spills live salmon into Oregon river (BBC)

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Last week, a truck in Oregon had an accident while it was moving 102,000 young ? fish to a ?. The truck was going to the Imnaha River but crashed and let about 77,000 fish go into the ? river, called Lookingglass Creek. The person driving the truck got hurt a ? bit. Because of the crash, more than 25,000 of the fish died either in the truck or ? to the creek. The group that looks after fish in Oregon ? this accident means they lost about 20% of the fish they wanted to put in the Imnaha River this year. They think because of this, ? grown-up ? will come back to that river in a few years to have babies. They guess that 500-900 fewer fish will come back because of the fish that were lost. But, there is a little bit of ? news. The 77,000 fish that ended up in Lookingglass ? might help that place. They think these fish might grow up and about 350-700 of them could come back to Lookingglass Creek as ?. This means even though the accident was bad, there might still be some good that ? from it for the fish in the new place.

1. What is a salmon?
2. How would you feel if you were the person driving the truck and had an accident?
3. Do you like fish? Why or why not?
4. Do you think accidents like this happen often? Why or why not?
5. What do you think will happen to the fish that ended up in the wrong river?
6. How do you think the fish in the new river will feel?
7. Have you ever seen a river? What did it look like?
8. What do you think the group that looks after fish in Oregon should do to prevent accidents like this?
9. Do you think it is important to take care of fish and other animals? Why or why not?
10. How would you feel if you were one of the fish that died in the accident?
11. What do you think the fish in the Imnaha River will do without the 20% of fish that were lost?
12. Do you think accidents like this can sometimes have positive outcomes? Why or why not?

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