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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaff" data-source="post: 1602188" data-attributes="member: 42340">Well at the moment it's not so much the species that are important IMO but the habitat in which they live. And as such the habitat in most need of help are the rainforests, particualrly in South America, as they are not only more species rich but are the beating heart and lungs of this planet and if we lose much more of them, well...At the moment there isn't a corner of this world that isn't under threat in one way or another and conservation efforts are really struggling to keep up with it all. Some sacrifices may have to be made along the way, now I'm not saying the Panda should be as the point about it helping to make the Chinese aware of conservation is a brilliant point but it is a mammoth task to try and stop every species from becoming extinct and I'm sorry to say that some will no doubt fall by the wayside.I think Chris' main poin is that it's probably already too late to save the Panda and as such we should accept that stop pouring money down a black and white hole (just to lighten the mood a little <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) and put the money and manpower to 'better' use. Like I said maybe I'll get chance to get some more info soon. So ditto what Mysticete said.</blockquote>