Two species of cranes danced and frolicked in the early evening light in the fields of a village in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province. Red-crowned cranes and white-naped cranes were spotted in the area, spreading their wings as they pranced through the grass. Both species are under first-class protection in #China.
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Conservation Biologist - Head of Environment at Natural Dividend Foundation
The commerce of wildlife should be completely banned. Even if captively bred. This can be a cover-up for trafficking as well. Here in the UK I can buy a marmoset online, a small primate found in the neotropics. Recently a Macaw was seen in Cambridge. There are some serious conservation breeding programs but commerce, sometimes used as an excuse to fund these breeding programs, should not be allowed. And why should private menageries be permitted, with extremely endangered species turned into glorified pets, like the Spix macaw, be permitted? Whilst there are some interesting initiatives in Brazil to reintroduce them, commerce is still allowed in Europe and elsewhere thanks to loopholes in the CITES convention. 👇🏼 https://lnkd.in/e3jdHg2u
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