Kung Fu Panda’s Po joins fight to save wild animals from extinction alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Jackie Chan
David Beckham and Yao Ming, actress Lupita Nyong’o, Chan and DiCaprio, and now Po Ping, are ambassadors for WildAid campaigns against the illegal trade in animal parts, from ivory to rhino horn, tiger bone and shark fins
Po Ping, the plump hero of DreamWorks’s hugely popular Kung Fu Panda franchise, has joined the global fight animal poaching and the illegal trade in animal parts as an ambassador for the conversation organisation WildAid.
San Francisco-based WildAid, along with other conservation organisations, such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), warn that certain animal species are in danger of becoming extinct if the killing of them does not stop soon.
WildAid’s campaign featuring Po aim to reach people who buy illicit animal parts such as elephant ivory, rhino horns, and lion and tiger bones, and shark fins.
“The big guys need our help,” says Po in one advertisement, in which he poses beside an elephant. “Tell your friends and relatives never to buy ivory.”