"It is time to let the Panda go"

[karohemd]

Interesting viewpoint and I think quite valid as "survival of the fittest" applies here and the panda is, quite frankly, too stupidill adapted to survive. It would be entirely different if all it took was to conserve or expand his habitat.

I'd be interested to hear what my naturalist/conservationist friends think about this.

(thanks to raggedy_man for the link)

Comments

Re: Habitat

[professoryaffle.livejournal.com]

This is very true. I guess the key with any conservation effort is what position does that species play in the web of life in that ecosystem. If pandas support lots of other life and without them other species would also die then more effort should be spent but if the ecosystem would continue in a very similar form without the panda it might not be worth it. Chris Packhams comments don't really cover that respect to the Panda