ABOVE IS XIAO HUA. THE WOOD TRIBE CUB (CHINESE GIVEN NAME IS “YOU YOU”)
After a call to renew our Adoption tribe cubs from Carrie at Pandas International, I put out the word and we were able to collect 510.00 from the various adoptees in all 4 tribes to renew one of the cubbies!! In this economy and especially over the holidays, I was THRILLED, to say the least, that we were able to collect enough for even ONE!!
Thank you so much for your quick response, my friends!! The cub I chose to renew was the Wood Tribe cub based on thinking she was still going to stay at Bifengxia while I am visiting China…but lo and behold the entire LOT of Bifengxia cubs…10 of them have been chosen to go to Shanghai for the World Expo. They recently arrived at their new home and are doing great!! See the video and info below. ALL 4 of your cubs are in Shanghai
AND STAY TUNED TO GRAFFITIGOSSIP.COM
for tons of info coming up about my upcoming China /Thailand Journey in Early February!!
A HUGE THANK YOU TO CARRIE AND TOBI AT PANDAS INTERNATIONAL for all your work on these group adoptions.
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ANOTHER FANTASTIC NEWS REPORT ON THE BABIES IS HERE WITH XIAO HUA IN HERE SOMEWHERE
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SECOND VIDEO
Ten giant pandas will go to Shanghai, host of the 2010 World Expo, for a year-long display next year, the municipal information office said Thursday.
The pandas, six females and four males, include two twins, said Li Desheng, deputy director of the Wolong National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau.
They were all born in the Ya’an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base in the southwestern province of Sichuan after the deadly Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, Li said.
The group will fly to Shanghai in a chartered plane early next year, the office said. They will go on display in the Shanghai Zoo in the first half of 2010 and on display in the Shanghai Wildlife Zoo in the second half.
The zoos have built new or renovated existing exhibition areas and established bamboo supply bases to ensure sufficient food for the pandas, said Cai Youming, deputy head of the Shanghai municipal forestry bureau.
Giant pandas, known for being sexually inactive, are among the world’s most endangered animals due to shrinking habitat.
There are about 1,600 giant pandas living in China’s wild, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.
China has built 62 giant panda nature reserves that cover 3.2 million hectares and are home to 70 percent of the animals in wild, according to the State Forestry Administration.
Source: Xinhua
I have been up to something fun here this past weekend. I now have my own studio webcam TV station which I have embedded into the Pandarazzi forum to experiment with on you guys. Eventually, I plan to do tutorials and radio broadcasts via this station!
(Note: The Cam is no longer operating)
CLICK ON ANY OF THE IMAGES TO TAKE YOU TO THE STUDIO CAM PAGE
A LINK TO THE CAM CAN BE FOUND AS THE FIRST ITEM IN THE COLUMN TO YOUR LEFT AS WELL
ABOVE IS A VERY ROUGH MAP OF THE YARD TODAY. I AM COMPLETELY REVAMPING THIS AREA THROUGH SPRINGTIME SO YOU CAN WATCH THE GARDEN ROOM GROW BEFORE YOUR EYES!!!… AND WATCH ME WORK WITH MY CHOWs MEG AND LILLIAN ALWAYS HELPING ME TOO!!
I update on Twitter every 1/2 hour while the broadcast is LIVE. If you don’t want to miss the fun, sign up for http://twitter.com and FOLLOW me…. @pandarazzi to get the tweets (notices) that I am online. …or simply stop in between 9:00 AM and noon PST, weekdays!! Hope to see you (or you will at least see me) tomorrow!!
This should be a lot of fun. You will get sneak peeks into my studio as well!
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