"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)

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[fearmeforiampink]

I think the question that's being raised is more the old NHS one:

Yes, that drug might save you from dying of cancer. But it has only a 10% chance of doing so, and for the same money spent on this other drug, we've got an 80% chance of saving these five other people. Who gets to live?

Swap pandas for the first drug and other more viable but currently at risk species for the second, and I think the situations are rather similar.