Learning about indigenous cultures and their relationships with animals may be a way we can begin to address the sustainability challenges we see today. Arbuckle, M. B., & Konisky, D. M. (2015).

Native: Genuinely a Chinese animal; pandas are found only in the wild forests of the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. Culturally Significant: ...

The Chinese paddlefish, one of world's largest fish, has gone extinct. Native to China’s Yangtze River, these fish grew 23 feet in length, but haven’t been spotted since 2003.

Indigenous views and ways of knowing should be applied to the way we keep, use, and kill animals, and in how we teach future generations about animal use and their care.