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Who needs pandas? Let them die out, says expert
They’re too stupid to keep from going extinct and they want to eat your new bamboo flooring.
Well, that part’s not exactly true, but a BBC wildlife expert is saying we should quit trying to help those stupid ungrateful pandas anyway. Chris Packham sees the animals as “evolutionary dead ends” and says that they’re not very clever and have problems reproducing in captivity. (When was the last time you tried to perform in captivity, buddy?) On Britain’s GMTV, he said:
“Can we really afford these big charismatic animals that suck up so much of our funding?”
And he went on to say to the Telegraph:
…let’s face it: Conservation, both nationally and globally, has a limited amount of resources, and I think we’re going to have to make some hard, pragmatic choices.”
While many wildlife enthusiasts disagree, Packham believes resources would be better spent on protecting endangered habitats like rainforests. Pandas are the world’s rarest bears, and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. draws 3 million visitors a year to the panda exhibit.
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