I can understand why people are so upset. When I worked in China, every other day the news carried an "And finally..." stories about the pandas. They are so cute.
But I think it was necessary to see if the captive bred pandas can start to survive.
The panda breeding programme in China is quite successful. But what's the point in breeding so many pandas if they're all going to end up living in captivity?
They have to figure out a way to release them into the wild. And I'm sure there will be other pandas who will die after being released in the future.
But the scientists will learn from the experiences and at some point they will figure out how to successfully release captive bred pandas so they can survive in the wild.
I can understand why people are so upset. When I worked in China, every other day the news carried an "And finally..." stories about the pandas. They are so cute.
But I think it was necessary to see if the captive bred pandas can start to survive.
The panda breeding programme in China is quite successful. But what's the point in breeding so many pandas if they're all going to end up living in captivity?
They have to figure out a way to release them into the wild. And I'm sure there will be other pandas who will die after being released in the future.
But the scientists will learn from the experiences and at some point they will figure out how to successfully release captive bred pandas so they can survive in the wild.