Giant panda no longer endangered

Posted by Aleki in Animal on December 21, 2006 at 2:24 am


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The giant panda, long a symbol of the world’s endangered species, is no longer threatened with extinction, according to China’s foremost expert.

After a record 31 births in captivity this year, Zhang Hemin, the director of the China Research and Conservation Centre for the Giant Panda said breeding techniques had advanced to the point where cubs could be produced almost on demand.

The number of pandas born in captivity in China has more than tripled since 2000.

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6 comments to "Giant panda no longer endangered"

  1. dead_red_eyes
    December 21st, 2006 at 3:10 am

    I hope that they're still protected of course ... poor little guys.

  2. Lester
    December 21st, 2006 at 3:40 am

    Yeah. A lot of times the worst thing that can happen to an endangered species is getting off the endangered species list.

  3. Perceive
    December 21st, 2006 at 9:27 am

    Huzzah! We can start hunting those bastards!

  4. Perceive
    December 21st, 2006 at 9:28 am

    LOL at the censorship.

  5. esskay
    December 21st, 2006 at 1:41 pm

    panda's can be almost produced on demand?

    I demand one!!

  6. Fred
    December 22nd, 2006 at 6:00 pm

    The Yangtze River dolphin took their place on the list, I guess.


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