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Save the Pandas

Let's get this out in the open.  I love Pandas.  They sit around all day eating bamboo, climbing trees, rolling around........pretty much enjoying life.  I dig that.  If everyone in this world were more like a panda it would be a friendlier, fuzzier place.  But alas, we humans do not resemble the Giant Panda.  Therefore, perhaps, we need Giant Pandas to remind us of how simple life can be.   (OK, I'm only speaking for myself here, but Pandas are simply a cool animal that I enjoy going to the zoo and watching for an hour - or however long they let me stand at the Panda reserve)

So that is why this news report is so very upsetting to me:


The idea that we need to be putting fewer resources into the preservation of the panda species.  

I have some arguments here:

1. What would you rather save?  A lizard?  Lizards are not cuddly.
2. Think about the amount of money Pandas generate worldwide.  It is the mascot for the World Wildlife Foundation for a reason!  It is popular, people have an attachment to it.  The conservation of the Panda has most likely saved money other species.
3. Tourism.  When I traveled to San Diego you can bet I went to see the Panda.  When I went to DC, oh yes...Panda time (the poor girl I was dating at the time had to stand there for about an hour while I stared at the Pandas - completely ignoring her.........it is shocking that I am single)  Panda mugs, t-shirts, calendars, hats.........The Giant Panda is a big business. 
4. Commercials.  Have you noticed how often companies use Pandas?  And why not?  They sell. The Panda Pitchman! 
5. The eat all of that dreaded bamboo over running the forests.  
6. The will one day be the center piece for world diplomacy 
7. There is a reason the Chinese don't eat Panda meat..........respect. 
8. Wouldn't you want to own a Panda?  Come on.  I know you would.  Have one of those cute, fuzzy guys running around the yard.  It would fertilize your garden, act as a "watch Panda" (Pandas do not like it when people invade their space), your kids could ride it like a pony thus making it a "Pony Panda", and it would be a sign of prosperity.  Like being fat in ancient times or an athlete dating a Kardashian these days. 
9. With all of the negative garbage in this world, why stop fighting for an animal that gives so many millions of people joy?  


Cause who doesn't want to save this guy?  The answer:  bad people.  

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