Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Giant 熊猫 in China's research centres have become 'spoilt' because of the extra care taken 由 experts for these lovable creatures that were once on the verge of extinction.
Experts 说 熊猫 should be 给 'less care' than they are currently used to, as it may prevent them from adapting to life in the wild.
'It is unfair for the 动物 to breed them in captivity like pets,' Zhang Jinyuan, deputy head of the Beijing Zoo, was quoted as saying 由 the Shanghai Daily.
Most panda cubs begin life in an incubator, far from the natural touch of their mother. These 熊猫 do not even have to mate when they get older, as artificial insemination ensures they will reproduce, regardless of their mating habits.
Zhang Hemin, chief of the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda, 说 the ability of 熊猫 to mate was being 'eroded' because of the tradition of using artificial insemination to help them reproduce.
In Sichuan province, the Wolong Panda Breeding Research Base is 首页 to a number of males and females born in captivity. Approximately a third of the base's female 熊猫 and two-thirds of its males have shown no interest in mating.
'During the mating season, they failed to seek out partners on their own,' Zhang Hemin said.
Zhang Jinyuan 说 if the 熊猫 are fed regularly 由 human keepers, 'they will lose their basic capacity to survive in the wild'.
The Beijing Zoo earlier used to have keepers feed bamboo to pandas. Now there are bamboo plants to allow the 动物 to find their own food. This is aimed at creating a near-wild environment.
The Wolong base would soon release 熊猫 in a 'semi-wild' environment to prepare them for the real thing.
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Experts 说 熊猫 should be 给 'less care' than they are currently used to, as it may prevent them from adapting to life in the wild.
'It is unfair for the 动物 to breed them in captivity like pets,' Zhang Jinyuan, deputy head of the Beijing Zoo, was quoted as saying 由 the Shanghai Daily.
Most panda cubs begin life in an incubator, far from the natural touch of their mother. These 熊猫 do not even have to mate when they get older, as artificial insemination ensures they will reproduce, regardless of their mating habits.
Zhang Hemin, chief of the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda, 说 the ability of 熊猫 to mate was being 'eroded' because of the tradition of using artificial insemination to help them reproduce.
In Sichuan province, the Wolong Panda Breeding Research Base is 首页 to a number of males and females born in captivity. Approximately a third of the base's female 熊猫 and two-thirds of its males have shown no interest in mating.
'During the mating season, they failed to seek out partners on their own,' Zhang Hemin said.
Zhang Jinyuan 说 if the 熊猫 are fed regularly 由 human keepers, 'they will lose their basic capacity to survive in the wild'.
The Beijing Zoo earlier used to have keepers feed bamboo to pandas. Now there are bamboo plants to allow the 动物 to find their own food. This is aimed at creating a near-wild environment.
The Wolong base would soon release 熊猫 in a 'semi-wild' environment to prepare them for the real thing.
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