RE: China pledges to create a national park that will be three times the size of Yellowstone – all to protect fragmented populations of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
This is a great contradictions by Chinese government. At one side they are making some serious efforts for the conservation of Big Panda. On the other side they are indirectly involved in brutal killing of Elephants, jaguars, Pangolins and rhinos for eastern medicine. Hopefully after impsoing a ban on ivory trade govt will do a serious effort to impose ban on the trade of other animals, like Jaguars, Rhino and Pangolins.
Conservation efforts by government by making national park of 27,134 square km and investing a huge amount of 1.5 Billion USD is laudable. It will not only enhance the population of Giant Panda but will also develop awareness to Chinese people that it's not good to kill animals for their so called eastern medicine. Let's hope for the best.
Yeah, it's really two-faced! I think it all has to do with the fact that they view the giant panda as a national symbol, so it is important for their pride to take good care of it. And then they don't care at all about animals in other parts of the world..
Absolutely! And it will also protect a lot of other species who live in the 27,134 square km national park alongside the pandas.
Completely agree. but dual face policy is not good at all. Hopefully next Chinese generation have more awareness and they have soft corner for other species too. Thanks for sharing
Good point. I guess we just need to wait and see how the next generations deals with all these issues. The current generation seem to be an impossible bunch to deal with.
Hopefully The next generation will be more sensible due to the awareness. Rightly said this generation disappointed us. Let's hope for the best. :)