casualife

3月14日晨光第一線節目中石先生的發言

louislee

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Original posted by casualife at 14/03/2018 13:14
3月14日晨光第一線節目中石先生的發言

I try to provide a crude transcript here:
Many conservationists said that the Yellow-breasted bunting is disappearing. There were many [Yellow-breasted buntings] in the past. Some of them were eaten. It is true that Yellow-breasted bunting is an endangered animal species.

Is it really that humans are eating all the Yellow-breasted buntings? There are tens of millions of Yellow-breasted buntings up there in the sky. How many can humans eat?

There is one thing that we should focus on. Do we have much rice paddies today in Hong Kong? Without rice paddy, would there be Yellow-breasted buntings? The priority should be planting rice instead of combating the consumption of Yellow-breasted bunting as food.

louislee

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Original posted by casualife at 14/03/2018 13:14
3月14日晨光第一線節目中石先生的發言

My response would be that habitat loss is surely an important factor leading to the extinction of Yellow-breasted bunting. But if they are consumed as food in the future, the population drop would continue as there may be fewer breeding birds. Genetic diversity is also a problem. With less and less individuals, possible permutations among the breeding birds would decrease.

Casuallife, can I download the clip you provided for commentary?