Jackie Chan

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Almost exactly 100 years ago, a British botanist called Ernest Wilson laid down a compelling challenge for big game hunters: the giant panda. “It is the sportsman’s prize above all others worth working hard for in western China,” he wrote. “No foreigner has so far seen a living example.”

The gauntlet thrown, hunters began flooding into China in search of the elusive beast and, soon enough, pandas became even rarer. An industry quickly grew as poachers, on the promise of huge rewards, began combing the bamboo forests of Sichuan on behalf of natural history museums and zoos in the West.

Today, the cycle of history has turned and China has become the villain; accused of encouraging poaching across Africa and Asia by turning a blind eye to the illegal ivory, tiger bones and rhino horns that pass through its markets, it is at the centre of discussions at this week’s London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.…  Seguir leyendo »