In June, animal rights activists overran the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival, sometimes physically preventing those transporting dogs to enter the city. As for the scaled pangolins, China announced in April that anti-trafficking laws could be interpreted to punish not just poachers, but anyone who knowingly eats an endangered animal.
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But is panda flesh a healthy and tasty diet? Can you giant eat pandas? Yes, technically you can eat giant pandas because we are omnivores — plant and animal eaters.
But it is not advisable to eat panda meat nowadays the same way people of the past did because of certain regulations. To be on the safe side, you should continue eating other healthy animal meats and forget about the panda flesh.
Is it illegal to eat pandas? Yes, it is illegal to eat pandas in this present day. There are strict laws in China against taking this action and going against it can attract three to ten years imprisonment. Sometimes, the government may ask the offenders to pay a fine, and other times, they can seize their properties.
Although humans were free to eat pandas like other animals several years back, not these days. In fact, it is almost impossible for animal stores to sell pandas nowadays for certain reasons. Giant Panda Bears are at risk of extinction in the wild.
Despite having no natural predators in the wild, Panda populations have been suffering. Currently, there are less than 2, Panda Bears left in the wild. Poaching had a negative impact on Pandas for a long time, but when the Wildlife Protection Act was signed into effect in , poaching became less problematic.
Along with the Wildlife Protection Act, China has been cracking down on people consuming rare and endangered animals. China added pandas to their list of rare animals, and those who are involved in any part of hunting or consuming any animals on that list have the potential to be in jail for ten years.
You can be prosecuted under this regulation if you hunt the animal, eat the animal knowing what it was, or if you purchase it for consumption. In the s, a Chinese farmer was prosecuted for illegally hunting a Panda Bear. This farmer told the judge that his wife had cooked the meat from the Panda he illegally hunted. While this is a prohibited act, the farmer did tell the judge that it tasted absolutely horrible. Or Pouches. Many people assume that Panda meat would taste similar to brown and black bear meat which was widely consumed in North American in the 18th century.
It may taste similar, but what an animal tastes like is dependent on its diet. Brown and black bears are more carnivorous, whereas Giant Pandas consume mostly bamboo. These adorable animals are incredibly goofy.
Panda Bears have an elongated wrist bone that allows them to grip food as if they had a thumb. But did you know that they spend anywhere from ten to 16 hours a day eating?
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