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The giant panda, commonly a symbol for conservation, is no longer considered an endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
In an update to their Red List of Threatened Species on Sunday (Sept. 4), which assesses a species' conservation status, the IUCN reported the giant panda population has improved enough for the endangered species label to be downgraded to "vulnerable."
[...] Including cubs, the current [wild] population count is approaching 2,060, the organization said. The report credits forest protection and reforestation measures in China for increasing the available habitat for the species.
Including pandas living in captivity, the total population is approximately 2500.
http://www.livescience.com/55991-giant-pandas-no-longer-endangered.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday September 07 2016, @02:33PM
It's like spending half your hospital budget on expensive treatments to marginally extend the lifespan of one terminal patient while hundreds of other patients die in the corridors of curable ailments due to lack of funding. At some point you have to look at the numbers and decide how to get the most benefit out of your finite resources.
Reminds me of the pamphlet they gave me after one of the first couple times I donated blood. There was a story in it about some guy whose life was saved via infusion of 17 pints of blood.
Hey, how about you use those 17 pints to save 17 different people instead of this one guy who's gushing blood like a firehose? And they complain about blood shortages!
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @03:13PM
they complain about cheap blood shortages
FTFY.
Donated blood is bought and sold.