As the mainland prepares to send two endangered giant pandas to Taiwan as a gift, the island plans to ship a rare goat-and-deer duo in return, officials said Wednesday.
"In keeping with normal practice for exchanging animals, we need to offer species that are special to Taiwan," Taipei city spokesman Yang Hsiao-tung said. "The goat and the deer are both native."
The Taipei city zoo will donate a sika deer, a critically endangered species, and a Formosan serow, a small but agile mountain goat that's also seldom seen anymore in Taiwan.
The mainland's offer of pandas, a gesture of goodwill to Taiwan compatriots, had been rejected by the former government led by Chen Shui-bian, but current leader Ma Ying-jeou has said he would welcome them.
The combined names of the gift pandas mean "unite" while the names of Taiwan's goat-deer duo together mean "forever".
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删除 引用 Guest (2008-10-10 01:41:07, 评分: 0 )
The people between the mainland and taiwan are families.we should get along with each other .