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And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed ...

The wild. it just seems odd that theres no sense from this guy that the animal itself, the life of the animal actually matters. its just a product in the breeding program. >> right. i like that term you use, a product in the breeding program. anderson, this is a living creature. its like i was taught on our farm, my dad, and i try to teach people whether you go to a pet shop or wherever you buy a pet or whatever. you have an obligation to that animal. thats a living creature. god put that creatu...

Or the animal itself, theres no inherent value in the animal living out its natural life, which just seems odd for -- i mean, zoos in the united states are spending tens of millions of dollars to try to recreate habitats, to try to give polar bears an existence that is one like the one they would have in the wild. its just a product in the breeding program. >> right. i like that term you use, a product in the breeding program. anderson, this is a living creature. its like i was taught on our far...

For them to know how theyre taken down in the wild. >> its also one thing to have an animal eat another animal in the wild. its another thing to have an animal autopsied and dissected in front of a group of school children. im not sure i would waumnt to watch that. >> no, anderson. what it is, hes using the word "autopsy." now was that said several days ago when i heard the word they shot the animal? >> they shot the animal. >> why would you do an autopsy on an animal that you shot? if this was ...

>> its also one thing to have an animal eat another animal in the wild. its another thing to have an animal autopsied and dissected in front of a group of school children. im not sure i would want to watch that. i know i wouldnt want to watch it. >> no, anderson. what it is, hes using the word "autopsy." now was that said several days ago when i heard the word they shot the animal? >> they shot the animal. >> why would you do an autopsy on an animal that you shot? if this was like a murder or so...

Like the one they would have in the wild. it just seems odd that theres no sense from this guy that the animal itself, the life of the animal actually matters. its just a product in the breeding program. >> right. i like that term you use, a product in the breeding program. anderson, this is a living creature. its like i was taught on our farm, my dad, and i try to teach people whether you go to a pet shop or wherever you buy a pet or whatever. you have an obligation to that animal. thats a livi...

Shoot the animal to take the horn, of course, theyll die. when you look at the cause and effect of what happens to the animal itself, then you then change the behavior of the animal and never be wild again. and the other thing is the size of the horn determines the value of what youll get out of it. it could be more than $360,000. once you cut it, its basically like gold, twice the amount of gold. it goes by grams. what were fighting for is natural habitat for the animals and these animals roam ...

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