Characteristics that make trophy hunting of giant pandas inconceivable,Conservation Biology

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Characteristics that make trophy hunting of giant pandas inconceivable
Conservation Biology ( IF 5.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-15 , DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13458
Robert A Montgomery ₁ , Madeline Carr ₁ , Charlie R Booher _{1,

2} , Abigail M Pointer ₁ , Brendan M Mitchell ₁ , Natalie Smith ₃ , Keegan Calnan ₁ , Georgina M Montgomery _{4,

5} , Mordecai Ogada _{5,

6} , Daniel B Kramer _{1,

3}

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Abstract In November 1928, Theodore Jr. and Kermit Roosevelt led an expedition to China with the expressed purpose of being the first Westerners to kill the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). The expedition lasted 8 months and resulted in the brothers shooting a giant panda in the mountains of Sichuan Province. Given the concurrent attention in the popular press describing this celebrated expedition, the giant panda was poised to be trophy hunted much like other large mammals around the world. Today, however, the killing of giant pandas, even for the generation of conservation revenue, is unthinkable for reasons related to the species itself and the context, in time and space, in which the species was popularized in the West. We found that the giant panda's status as a conservation symbol, exceptional charisma and gentle disposition, rarity, value as a nonconsumptive ecotourism attraction, and endemism are integral to the explanation of why the species is not trophy hunted. We compared these intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics with 20 of the most common trophy‐hunted mammals to determine whether the principles applying to giant pandas are generalizable to other species. Although certain characteristics of the 20 trophy‐hunted mammals aligned with the giant panda, many did not. Charisma, economic value, and endemism, in particular, were comparatively unique to the giant panda. Our analysis suggests that, at present, exceptional characteristics may be necessary for certain mammals to be excepted from trophy hunting. However, because discourse relating to the role of trophy hunting in supporting conservation outcomes is dynamic in both science and society, we suspect these valuations will also change in future.

更新日期：2020-04-15

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