【影片Video】長頸鹿專家Fred Bercovitch 警告三立頑皮世界與台灣政府，引進瀕危的網紋長頸鹿可能危害動物福利、助長國際非法野生動物貿易，加速網紋長頸鹿的野外族群滅絕

（English below）具有研究長頸鹿20年以上經驗的野生動物保育生物學家Fred Bercovitch，出席記者會指出三立頑皮世界向非洲史瓦帝尼購入的18隻瀕危的網紋長頸鹿，其來源不只可能涉及國際非法野生動物貿易，加速網紋長頸鹿的滅絕；同時，頑皮世界搜集珍奇異獸、罔顧動物福利的方針，不僅無益於保育，更違背現代動物園的主流趨勢。

此外，Fred Bercovitch形容台灣三立頑皮世界動物園自非洲引進瀕危網紋長頸鹿的保育意涵，形同要從台灣出口18隻瀕危的台灣黑熊到非洲。如果這是多數台灣人民不能接受的，那我們也不應該支持頑皮世界這樣危害保育、麻木不仁的行為。

Fred Bercovitch, a wildlife conservation biologist with more than 20 years of experience in giraffe research, attended the press conference and pointed out that the source of the 18 endangered reticulated giraffes purchased by Sanli Ｗanpi zoo in Eswatini, Africa not only has the potential to be involved in the international illegal wildlife trade, but this decision might also accelerate the extinction of reticulated giraffes; at the same time, Ｗanpi zoo's policy of collecting rare and exotic animals, despite animal welfare standards, is not only detrimental to conservation, but also against the values of modern zoos.

In addition, Fred Bercovitch described the conservation implications of bringing endangered reticulated giraffes from Africa to Sanli Wanpi Zoo in Taiwan as akin to exporting 18 endangered Formosan black bear from Taiwan to Africa. This analogy can be applied to any country's endangered animals. If you can't accept the export of your home country's endangered animals to other countries simply for the sake of display and profit, then you shouldn never support Sanlih Wanpi zoo's insensitive behavior that is hazardous to wildlife conservation .