text:  To a lot of people I've brought this up to, it sounds kind of off-putting, like we're sending a good chunk of change away to China when we have our own critters to worry about here. What do you say in response? Conservation shouldn't be a competition between what's the most important thing to conserve. And so conserving giant pandas, I think, is important. Equally, conserving the American red wolf in the United States is important.