BBC News, and other organizations, report today that keepers and staff at the giant panda breeding center in Wolong buried a panda killed in last month’s earthquake. The nine-year-old female panda, Mao Mao, was found crushed under the walls of her enclosure. She was the mother of five panda cubs. Her keeper, He Changgui, laid [...]
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Animals Asia Foundation faces mounting costs as they continue to rescue dogs (and cats) from the town hardest hit by the earthquake in Sichuan province. Please donate via their Web site to help them rescue dogs from being killed by the Chinese army, oftentimes right in front of their owners. It’s now almost three weeks [...]
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PI has some nice pictures of the nearly three tons of medical and other supplies they delivered to the staff and pandas at Wolong. Here’s the update: Wolong Says “Thank You!” We finally received pictures showing the arrival of medical supplies to Wolong. Last night, via satellite phone, Pandas International received a very grateful thank [...]
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Jill Robinson’s recent blog post details the trip she and many AAF staff members made to one of the hardest hit earthquake zones, Dujiangyiang. Thankfully, she and her staff have worked hard over the years to establish a working relationship with the Chinese government and local officials, so they were permitted to rescue 49 dogs, [...]
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In the past few days there have been reports that China is planning to shoot dogs and cats left homeless by the recent earthquakes in Sichuan. You can read about this plan on Jill Robinson’s blog and the Human Society International’s earthquake relief page. There is no regulated rabies vaccination program in China. One of [...]
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I just got another update from Pandas International that indicates some of the pandas are missing from Wolong and some are injured. There’s more detailed information in a post on the San Diego Zoo’s panda blog, written by Ron Swaisgood is the co-head of the San Diego Zoo’s Giant Panda Conservation Unit. He is in [...]
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