Free-roaming dogs prevent giant pandas from thriving in the wild

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Before China declared giant pandas a protected species in 1962—hunters in pursuit of the black and white bear used dogs to track them. Since then measures have been put in place to protect the vulnerable pandas, but more than half a century later, dogs are still jeopardizing their safety, according to a group of researchers that included Drexel's James Spotila, Ph.D.

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