'You can't eat that!' China bans eating of protected animals

You can feed them, just don't eat them: Caretakers feeding black bear cubs at a zoo in Kunming, Yunnan province, China.

China will jail people who eat rare animals for 10 years or more under a new interpretation of the criminal law as the government seeks to close a legal loophole and better protect the natural environment.

China lists 420 species as rare or endangered, including the panda, golden monkeys, Asian black bears and pangolins, some or all of which are threatened by illegal hunting, environmental destruction and the consumption of animal parts, including for supposedly medicinal reasons.