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Actually, their traditional medicine probably preserves those wild animals because the chinese need them. Whereas in the US, we simply exterminated most of the
by dntbnmpls 7y ago
Actually, their traditional medicine probably preserves those wild animals because the chinese need them.
Whereas in the US, we simply exterminated most of the animals because they were considered a nuisance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile_edit.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile_edit.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon
There are no more wolverines in the wolverine state. There are no california bears in california. And of course we almost wiped out the american bald eagle.
If china wants to catch up to the US or Europe, they had to do a lot more exterminating.
- fishmaster 7y agoSure, if you want to call eradication by brutish poaching 'preserving' then go ahead. I call it what it is. Also, this whataboutism doesn't help anyone.