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Giant Panda is No Longer an Endangered Species

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 07 2016, @04:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the when-is-hunting-season dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday September 07 2016, @10:07PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday September 07 2016, @10:07PM (#398894) Homepage
    Fuck that moderate stance. Kill the fucking giant pandas. They are so evolutionarily maladapted that we're just keeping them alive on a live-glug, with no benefit to anyone.

    You can get dogs that look just like smallish giant pandas, let the fitness function support them instead.
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