Seems the dull females are already eaten. [IMG] [IMG]
The simplist reason is that the rural people are in hunger and/or severely unliterated...
As far as I know, it's a VU species. Maybe it'll go EW soon. On the Chinese website Weibo, they consider it normal food: [IMG] [IMG]
Someone showed off the pictures on the website Weibo: [IMG]
Although already a Vulnerable species (IUCN), the Chinese Monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) is still hunted and eaten as a food source in China. Most of...
[IMG] [IMG] In southeastern China, Syrmaticus ellioti is normally hunted and eaten as "wild chicken". Due to the lack of proper education,...
If a species must be pulled into captivity in Beijing Zoo, I'd like to see Asian lesser white-toothed shrew Crocidura shantungensis - to tell...
Someone's post and photography at the Chinese website Weibo: [IMG] Translated to English: "Surprisingly, Duopi has caught a wild chicken...
Ailurus fulgens 小熊猫 “小熊猫” literally means "lesser panda", and may confuse with "young panda" in Chinese...
As far as I know, Beijing Zoo has free-range feral cats. Here's the official Weibo of Beijing Zoo: [IMG] Translated to English: "By...
Someone's post and photography at the Chinese website Weibo: [IMG] Translated to English: "I found this chicken - which I've forgotten its breed...
In addition, the southern crowned pigeon in Pheasant Garden is also considered as a breed of chicken by many tourists. Somebody's post and...
The Chinese name of Pheasant Garden (of Beijing Zoo) is “雉鸡苑”。"雉" means "pheasant", "鸡" literally means "chicken", and "苑" means "garden". [IMG]...
Great Argus: [IMG] Brown Eared-Pheasant: [IMG] Blue Eared Pheasant: [IMG]
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