Earlier this July, four baby giant pandas were born in China. For a species which has more stuffed toys in its image than actual animals, four pandas in two weeks is pretty good going. Although giant pandas are very very cute and get loads of publicity, I don't think they are worth the trouble. We've all seen the youtube video where the mother panda freaks out as the baby panda sneezes, so why should we bother saving a species that can't even handle a sneeze from its children?The fact that it's in China means that we should be skeptical to begin with anyway. When was the last time you heard the news quote the Chinese Government as a reliable source? I wouldn't be surprised if they killed one of the twin baby pandas to conform with the famous 'One Child' policy.
I know what you're all thinking: suggesting the murder of a new born panda is brutal. And that's the thing, it would be murder. So what about all those unborn children in China? Or even those babies that "go missing" in families that already have one child? To be fair, there was talk about changing the policy, but it's probably not going to happen. (BBC News Report)
Final Thought Byte : It seems to me that we should spend more time and effort on addressing the human population problem in China rather than the Panda population problem. It's a shame though, that as a Western society we don't get involved unless we're under direct threat or if we can get some money out of it. I guess we'll have to wait until Global Warming starts to fry us....
Tags : BBC, China, news, One Child Policy, Panda, youtube
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