In China some zoo operators they disguise themselves as a panda covering urine and feces of the same animals to “confuse” puppies and reduce the human impact during training to wild life. At first glance, this technique may seem original and even tender. But if you observe it closely, the reflection of a deeply distorted system.
The official purpose is to prevent Panda puppies of get used to human presencethus making their reintroduction more likely in nature. The reality, however, is that these animals are not growing in their natural environment: they come grown in captivityconstantly followed by people in costume, immersed in a context that of Selvatico has very little. It is not enough to disguise yourself to erase the fact that the animal was born and raised under human control.
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The illusion of conservation
This practice raises fundamental ethical doubts: we can really talk about freedom for animals that come scheduled to become wildunder constant observation, manipulation and human management? The very concept of “Nature training”It’s an oxymoron. The nature does not train: You live, you experience, conquer. And if a Panda puppy grows in a reserve, surrounded by masked men and with artificial smells, will it really be ready to survive free?
Behind this staging there is a romantic and naive vision of the conservation. Disguise himself as Panda can also make the public smile and generate virality on social media, but remains a grotesque representation of what nature is really. Panda does not need humans in costume: they need to safe forests, stable habitats and absence of interference.
Instead of perpetuating these scenic finds, perhaps we should invest more in the Real protection of natural habitatsdiscourage artificial reproduction if not strictly necessary and rethink our relationship with wild animals. There true freedom is not obtained with a costumebut with a world in which human intervention is not the rule, but the exception.
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