Dr. Hsieh Hsiao-t'ung, a longtime observer of the birds, believes that wild mikado pheasants are sufficient in number to propagate themselves naturally if people would only stop capturing and killing them.
觀察野生帝雉多年的謝孝同博士認為，野生帝雉的數目足夠進行自然繁殖，並不需要人們多管閒事，進行人工繁殖。只要人們停止捕殺，帝雉便沒有滅族的危機。