Let's pray these giant pandas survived natural disaster once more as they did in the past millions of years. With growing knowledge advaced by of late research, along with modern technology such as telemetry, we stands a better chance in salavation.

patch, Shanghai, China

amtr: we take and take and take. nearly 7 billion people are absolutely having a massive affect on nature. you make no sense comparing our selfishness to nature's cycles.

szerda, los angeles, usa

It saddens me to read the comments from Portland and Clinton. It is humanity's greed that has and continues to destoy the habitiats of earths creatures. A lack of concern in addition to not learning from our mistakes is going to catch up with us sooner then we may think.

Karen, Charlotte, USA

Obviously caused by global warming, over hunting, and the exhaust pipe of my toyota...........oh, and the rapidly shrinking ice cap; north or south take your pick. Its about time to pass a law forcing us to use Panda credits.

allen Antrim, warrensburg, usa

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people are about nature. Nature kills at levels that make anything humans do seem trivial. The only diference is time scale. Biological plagues, comets crashing into the earth, super caldrons, killer ice ages, 100 year droughts. Humans are not the problem.

amtr, Belmont, USA

I find it hard to believe that an earthquake could kill off the pandas. It's all just a bunch of speculation by a bunch of neurotic naturalists who are angling for funds for their studies. I think pandas can find new quarters if their "tree stumps" and caves are no longer available.

Peter, Redwood City,

Allison, I simply meant that this species lives in one tiny ecological niche. It's one preferred food source bamboo is inconsistent at best. Pandas also enter estrus 1 time a year for four days. Making an already bad situation, ie:reliance on one food source & slow reproduction, worse.

Dlinx, Portland, US

If the pandas and polar bears disappear, we all lose. We need to step in and help these sweet creatures.

Kim Righetti, Upland, Calif. USA

Exodus 23:4-If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

A good thought is to rebuild between the mountains as soon as possible and safe. Relocation can be worked out. Donot think the worst. Think solutions, help, love and pray.

Max Che, Paso Robles, USA

Atheist David Stove lamented the power of Darwinism over the human mind, because all our experience contradicts it. Here's another example.

Why do we want to save any species? Darwinism is survival of the fittest. But we know that's not true, deep down - that's why we want to save the pandas.

Grimm, MD, USA

I hope we can find a way to help these precious animals. Perhaps a safer part in China?

flo, PHOENIX, USA

"They force their citizens to abort after one child"- not true. If you have more than one child you pay a large fine. I think there have been incidents of forced abortion, but that's certainly not the national policy- and the law is necessary as, unlike pandas, there are too many people.

David, Chongqing, China

For anyone who is educated Pandas are needed to help balance the fragile eco system that is in jeopardy. Bamboo is needed and without Pandas, the bamboo does not actually regenerate as quickly. The Chinese government may not be correct in some things but support for this and not criticism is needed.

Nicole, Baton Rouge, USA

Destruction of natural resources has barely begun. $4 plus per gallon of heating oil and a corresponding increase in the price of natural gas will force many people to burn wood and other materials for winter heating. Clear cutting of many forests is inevitable. At least the pandas have gatekeepers.

Mike, Baraboo, WI, USA

How sad. They force their citizens to abort after one child, but they're worried about the panda population. Are there some really messed up priorities in this world today - or what?

Mary, Omaha, USA

An "evolutionary dead end," says the brain in Portland. If the abuse and destruction of natural resources--so vital to every species, humans included-- causes a species to become extinct, that has little to do with evolution. And if it does, then we ourselves are on borrowed time.

Allison, Fayetteville, USA

Well, Dlinx, evolution during the time man is on the planet is different than before we were here. We have the mental capabilities to do whatever we can to save the pandas and so we should. If we were not here then pandas would go extinct and that would be the end of that. We are here, though

Michelle, San Antonio,

I'm not a fan of the Chinese government, but it's wrongheaded to criticize them about the pandas' fate because they've been working pretty hard to save this species. Instead, we should be asking what the rest of the world can do to help. Maintaining Earth's biodiversity is a vital issue to us all.

Patrick J. Kiger, Washington DC, USA

Survival of the fittest. It all comes down to adaptability. This animal, no matter how cute and fuzzy it is, is an evolutionary dead end. Let it go people.

Dlinx, Portland, US

This reminds of the American gov't's listing polar bears as endangered even though there is no evidence that their numbers are declining. The panda bears, like other species are becoming extinct not because of global warming but because of the encroachment of its' habitat by man. Simple as that.

Paul, Elmhurst, USA

Let the Chinese communist government deal with this problem and stop lamenting this to the western world as if is our fault if the bears perish.

Greg Webber, Clinton, USA

Ought to be good for donations.

Don, Wichita,

While the quake may be a natural disaster...i believe Chinas environmental policies,rapid industrialisation and damming of mighty rivers has caused Mother Nature to fight back...so sorry about the pandas and the people ,of course...time foor the government to rethink .....

Jean, lONDON, England