Police dog to teach Pandas how to fight

[skunkstripe]

I wonder who thought of this. Although I guess a dog is as good as any other teacher in a situation like that. :rolleyes:

Scientists in China may use a police dog to teach pandas to fight after the first artificially bred panda released into the wild was apparently killed after a battle with other animals, local media reported on Saturday.
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The pandas would learn how to protect themselves by observing the dog, increasing their chances of survival when they were eventually released into the mountainous wilds of the far western province of Sichuan.

full story and some juicy details here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071222/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_pandas_dog_1

[sheplovr]

If china can get them to mate watching videos man that is something else?? Are they that smart? If they spend that much time eating when are they going to defend themselves? Well, hopefully the trained dogs will sink into their skulls to fight or die. Hope it works!!!:)