“In terms of conservation, it is better to go further up the food chain, because then by definition you are protecting a much larger area, which in turn includes the smallest animals. » (The Guardian, 2009). Panda conservation has led to the protection of many new reserves containing a plethora of other animal and plant species. “Chengdu Wolong National Nature Reserve, a huge protected park covering more than 770 square miles. It is home to 150 pandas, but also other rare creatures such as the red panda (unrelated), the golden snub-nosed monkey, the takin, the snow leopard and the clouded leopard, as well as countless plants and rare insects. (Popular Science, 2013). If WWF is found to simply let pandas disappear after all this effort, money and time spent, the public may lose all hope in conservation. This would jeopardize the future of forests and the wildlife found there. This could even lead to a sharp decrease in donations to nature conservation organizations and the loss of more endangered species and species..