ENGLISH BEER AND TIBETAN ANTELOPE SPARK CONSERVATION DEBATE- CHINA

A promotion for the world's best-selling beer, will encroach the protected breeding ground of the Tibetan antelope, Chiru in Kekexili – also known as Hoh Xil – is one of the least populated areas on earth. A debate has ensued as the Snow Beer – which is partly owned by the London-based SABMiller brewery company – is offering its customers an expedition to Kekexili, a remote region high on the Tibetan Plateau that is supposed to be off-limits to everyone except scientists with permission from the national government.

September 19

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/19/snow-beer-tibetan-antelope