We all know who she is…we all adore her passion and commitment to the pandas…..now we need to put our love for Suzanne Braden and the incredible work she does via PANDAS INTERNATIONAL on priority level TODAY!!!

ANIMAL PLANET has chosen Suzanne Braden as one of 10 nominees for ANIMAL PLANET HERO OF THE YEAR!!!  This translates to one of the highest honors possible for those working in animal welfare and charity work, as well as a $10,000.00 prize !!!

Please help us win this award for Suzanne by voting today at the Animal Planet site!!

THE VOTE STARTS TODAY!!!

TODAY TODAY… TODAY!!!

(Voting closed in 2009)

“The People’s Choice voting will begin at 12:01 AM ET September 14, 2009, and will end at 11:59 PM ET September 27, 2009. Limit one vote per person/email address per day.” Just wanted to let you know that voting lasts past today and you can vote often, but only once per day.

Thank you all so much for your help and cross your fingers she wins!!!!  Congratulations Suzanne on this incredible honor!!

From all of us at  https://pandarazzi.com

If you all remember last year, I went to DC in July for Taishan’s 3rd Birthday Bash at the National Zoo.  Well, it’s hard to believe a year has gone by already and now Tai is the big FOUR!!!

Thanks to one of Tai’s biggest fan s, OSITO_TAI@ FLICKR  (of MANY in the PANDAS UNLIMITED den of panda groupees)

for sharing these beautiful images of Tai on his special day!!!

Hello my friends. Wow has the Panda Club in China and Carrie at Pandas International been busy bringing us updates.  Here they ALL are in one place for your panda “oooooooohing and ahhhhhhhing ” pleasure!!!

The FIRE TRIBE cubbie will be in a separate update

The cubs have all had their official naming ceremonies and now have their names besides our nicknames we chose s you will see above each set of pix

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BELOW…..WATER TRIBE…Jing Shui’s official name is now YUN YUN

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Yun Yun- Ying Ying’s cub: This baby is one of the heaviest weight in 13 same age pandas. She likes climbing the railings, she is good at climb on the railings or playing on wooden stand. Weight is 20kg in March.  She foods milk 900g every day. Her birth weight was 173.5g.

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BELOW…..ETERNITY TRIBE…Yong Xin’s official name is now WU YANG

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update on Yong Xin (Cao Cao’s cub) and information on your cub’s official name (Wu Yang) and naming ceremony. It’s very interesting.  A picture of the 2008 cub family is attached- adorable! Also, I sent a picture of your cub Yong Xin with An An (the second twin of Guo Guo adopted and named by Mr. Huang Xiaoming of China).

Wu Yang- Cao Cao’s cub: The cub doesn’t like sport but likes sleep on a wooden stand. His keeper care for him painstakingly when he was weaned to study drinking milk through the bowl. First, it takes 12 days to drink milk through a feeding bottle; then it takes 12 days to drink milk through the bowl. Weight is 16kg in March. He foods milk 900g every day. Weight is 20kg in May.

Wu Yang: Male, born at 7:29 a.m. on 6th August 2008. His birth weight was 206.7g. He was the first baby of his mother, Cao Cao. Although Wu Yang was Cao Cao’s first cub, Cao Cao did a great job taking care of Wu Yang. “Thanks Ceremony” (Guangzhou station, Guangdong province) named him Wu Yang. In folk tale, the City of Guangzhou was the City of the Five Sheep, which in Chinese was called “Wu Yang”. It means that the people of Guangzhou wished the baby to grow up healthily and his life to be wonderful.

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BELOW…..METAL AND WOOD TRIBES…INFO ON YOUR CUBBIES GENDER FROM CARRIE

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Hi Sandra,

I emailed the Panda Club because I was confused about the gender of Long Xin’s twins. The initial information I received after the cubs were born said the firstborn was a female. But I recently received the official names of the 2008 cubs and it says the first born is a male. As you know, it is hard to tell the gender of pandas because the “parts” are very small. In fact, I just went through a similar situation with a panda we thought was a male but “he” turned out to be a girl!

I want to make sure you know about this information. Below is the email I received yesterday on the twin’s gender. I’ll send updates on your babies in another email. (NOTE FROM SANDRA….I didn’t attach email from Panda center as it is a bit confusing but I trust Carrie and the Panda Center on this one..lol)

THE OFFICIAL NAMES OF YOUR TWINS

JIN XIN IS OUR METAL  TRIBE NICKNAME

You You: (the elder brother of the twins given birth by Long Xin in 2008) Male, was born at 2:55 a.m. on 21st July 2008. His birth weight was 129g. He was named after the “Thanks Ceremony” of Chengdu city of Sichuan. Carrefour Corporation in Chengdu adopted her and named her “YouYou”, which means that the God blesses Sichuan, meanwhile this name showed their wish of Sichuan becoming better and better in the future

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XIAO HUA IS OUR WOOD TRIBE NICKNAME

Han Yuan: (the younger sister of the twins given birth by Long Xin in 2008) Female, was born at 4:17 a.m. on 21st July 2008. Her birth weight was 111.4g. She was named after the “Thanks Ceremony” in Wuhan city. It implied the Wuhan City’s support of the stricken area of Hanyuan County.

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BELOW…..WOOD  TRIBE…XIAO HUA’s official name is now YOU YOU

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You You- Long Xin’s 1st cub 2008:  The cub very likes sport, he always wish to play with keepers. Weight is 17kg in March. He foods milk 900g every day. Weight is 21kg in May.

BELOW…both the WOOD and METAL tribe twins together!! ToTAL cuteness!!

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BELOW…..METAL  TRIBE…JIN XIN’s official name is now HAN YUAN

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Han Yuan- Long Xin’s 2nd cub 2008:  The cub very likes sport too, she always wish to play with keepers or other panda babies. Weight is 17kg in March, It foods milk 900g every day. Weight is 21kg in May.

Han Yuan: (the younger sister of the twins given birth by Long Xin in 2008) Female, was born at 4:17 a.m. on 21st July 2008. Her birth weight was 111.4g. She was named after the “Thanks Ceremony” in Wuhan city. It implied the Wuhan City’s support of the stricken area of Hanyuan County.

Thank you so very much Carrie, Pandas International and the Panda Club in Biefengxia for all these wonderful updates and stunning photographs.  I did some adjusting of exposure to bring out details better. Some were a bit dark but turned out great.  OMG this is the biggest cuteness overload we have had so far!!! Thank you one and all for your participation in these 5 adoption projects.

As soon as I return from Egypt this fall I will start another adoption if anyone is interested in hopping on board.  If you commit now (only 10 spots available) , you don’t need to pay the 50.00 until October 2009 OR we can do a few installments to make things easier on the wallet!

Hugs……Sandra