Zusammenfassung der Ressource
pandas
- to stay at edinburgh zoo for 10 years
- considered a diplomatic gift but the zoo had mad
substantial donation which are expected to continue
- £250,00 on encloure
- £6000 a month to keep
- UK trying to devlope trad links with China
- $1 million a year to lease each
- AI was attempted in April as natural
mating was unsucessful
- zoo was in finacial difficulty now
increased turnover of £5 million
- only one captive born panda has
ever been released which died
less then a year latter as did not
have the skill to survive and died
in a fight
- Edinburough zoo are researching
how to introduce them into the wild,
Professor Zhi an expected said
this is pointless and the money
would be better spent on
conservation
- is a centre in china ready for releases
- charasmatic megafauna recieve 500
times more funds then other species
- is this just a bribe??
- 1500 in the wild
- important to consider that conservation of the whole
environment is needed not just panadas
- habitat loss is the main threat
so this needs to be stopped for
reintroductions
- live up to 40 years
- only fertile for a few days a year
and take 8 years to reach fertility
- cubs are 1/900th of the
adult size
- is it only being saved because it is
cute, what does it do. what about
EDGE species