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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaff" data-source="post: 1600236" data-attributes="member: 42340">I think the main point Chris was making is that vast amounts of resources are being poured into protecting the last surviving Pandas which could otherwise be used elsewhere. Like preserving many more areas of rainforest which are threatened and much more species rich for example. Does a big black and white bear deserve more attenion that hundreds of endangered species in threatened areas of rainforest?And so his point about the 'teddy bear' comment was that as people we tend to care more for animals which have a greater intrinsic value to us and which we can anthropomorphise. Now I dare say many on here may consider themselves above such things but mr & mrs Joe Public are a different matter. "Adopt a Mauritus Kestrel" just doesn't quite seem the same somehow, does it?</blockquote>