I’m going to write more than one post today so I want to start out with good news. Lun Lun, ZooAtlanta’s adult female giant panda, gave birth last night at 10:10 p.m. to a tiny, pink, squealing cub. You can read about the hours leading up to the birth and watch a video of Lun [...]
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Remember to e-mail your vote for moon bears as one of Asia’s Big 5 species! Second post today! Here’s the latest news from Pandas International Director Suzanne Braden, who is at Wolong helping the staff with supplies paid for by donations. In case you missed the NBC new reports on the Today Show and the [...]
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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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Second update today. Scroll down the page for the Oprah news. The latest update from Pandas International includes some photos taken as the keepers at Wolong rescued the one-year-old cubs from their destroyed enclosure and rescuing an injured adult panda. You can see how the mountain behind them has fallen. It’s frightening to think how [...]
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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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***Update***China’s Xinhuanet reports all the pandas at the Wolong reserve and its satellites are safe! The babies have been moved to a safer location. Wonderful news!*** **Update** From the National Zoo: “We have still not gotten any news from our colleagues at the Wolong Nature Reserve, but we know that the area was hit hard [...]
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