Comments on: Chinese river dolphin first mammal to become extinct in 50 years http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/09/chinese-river-dolphin-first-mammal-to-become-extinct-in-50-years.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/09/chinese-river-dolphin-first-mammal-to-become-extinct-in-50-years.html/comment-page-1#comment-730 Chris Devonshire-Ellis Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:23:05 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/blog/2007/08/09/chinese-river-dolphin-first-mammal-to-become-extinct-in-50-years.html#comment-730 Possibly a typing error. "Conserve" and "Consume". It is appalling that China's growth rate can be a sustainable 10% over the past decade; but they can't prevent a species becoming extinct. Dolphins are high species too, you don't want too many of those disappearing. We're only a little further up the evolutionary chain. The first mammal to go extinct for 50 years is Chinese. It's a disgrace really. Possibly a typing error. “Conserve” and “Consume”. It is appalling that China’s growth rate can be a sustainable 10% over the past decade; but they can’t prevent a species becoming extinct. Dolphins are high species too, you don’t want too many of those disappearing. We’re only a little further up the evolutionary chain. The first mammal to go extinct for 50 years is Chinese. It’s a disgrace really.

]]> By: MyLaowai http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/09/chinese-river-dolphin-first-mammal-to-become-extinct-in-50-years.html/comment-page-1#comment-728 MyLaowai Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:36:17 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/blog/2007/08/09/chinese-river-dolphin-first-mammal-to-become-extinct-in-50-years.html#comment-728 In the book 'Last Chance To See', there's a lovely letter written by a foreign woman, who recounts her involvement with a Provincial Government Project to conserve the species. On the evening before she and her husband departed China, they were the guests of honour at an official dinner. The main course? Female Baiji Dolphin, complete with the foetus it had been near-term with. Says it all, really. In the book ‘Last Chance To See’, there’s a lovely letter written by a foreign woman, who recounts her involvement with a Provincial Government Project to conserve the species. On the evening before she and her husband departed China, they were the guests of honour at an official dinner. The main course? Female Baiji Dolphin, complete with the foetus it had been near-term with.

Says it all, really.

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