Pandat gjigjante në Kinë rrezikohen të ngordhin nga uria për shkak se ushqimi i tyre i preferuar, bambuja shtizë, po çel lule dhe po kthehet në kashtë. Gazeta China Daily thotë disa panda do të shpërngulen në vendbanime të tjera për shkak të mungesës së ushqimit. Louisa Lim njofton:

Dëgjo lajmin

China's giant pandas have long been threatened with extinction, suffering from low birth rates and human encroachment on their habitat. Now they are facing a new threat - starvation. China's state-run media says their favourite food, arrow bamboo, is beginning to die off. It is part of a cycle that happens every sixty years and the new crop will take around ten years to mature. Last time the bamboo bloomed was in the 1980s and then around two hundred and fifty giant pandas died of starvation.

Now at least one nature reserve is trying to move those animals at risk into new habitats or find them new sources of food. In another blow for the giant panda, it is being reported that the endangered Tibetan antelope is being tipped as China's Olympic mascot, ahead of the panda. One official was even quoted as lobbying for the antelope because it is more sporty than the other contenders. But panda supporters are holding out hope that Beijing's Olympic emblem could be composed of more than one animal.

Louisa Lim, BBC, Beijing

Dëgjo fjalët

threatened with extinction
(kanë qenë) në rrezik shfarosjeje

human encroachment on their habitat
ndërhyrja njerëzore në vendbanimet, habitatet e tyre

starvation
uri, vdekje (ngordhje) nga uria

a cycle
cikël

at risk
në rrezik

blow
goditje

is being tipped as
ka të ngjarë të jetë

mascot
maskotë (figurë kafshe, shpendi etj që përfaqëson një grup, ekip, ngjarje, etj)

lobbying for
po bën fushatë për

emblem
emblemë