Pandas International's 10th Anniversary Celebration

Now Accepting Reservations for
Pandas International's
Black and White Extravaganza
on February 20, 2010
at The Wildlife Experience
10035 S. Peoria Street
Parker, CO 80134

Wander through the many treasures found in our Silent Auction
Pick your lucky number and get a great bottle of wine in our Wine Garden
Delight it the talent of the Lion Dancers, Tai Ji Sword Performers and more!
And enjoy a fabulous Asian dinner followed by Keynote speaker,
Ron Swaisgood, Co-Head of the Panda Conservation Unit, San Diego Zoo.

Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served starting at 5:30 p.m.
with dinner seating at 7:00 p.m.

The attire is casual, only the pandas need to be in Black and White.
The bar is CASH. There is no ATM on site.
Credit cards, checks and cash will be happily accepted for auction items.

All proceeds from this event will benefit Pandas International and the Bamboo Reforestation Project

Have more questions?
Contact us at info@pandasinternational.org or call 303-933-2365.

Two pandas at the National Zoo attempted to mate before zoo officials determined they had not been successful and artificially inseminated the female, Mei Xiang.

About $240,000 short of the fund-raising goal in the panda-promoting Give So They Stay campaign, Zoo Atlanta president and CEO Dennis Kelly said it’s unlikely that the zoo’s famous pandas are going anywhere.

The Zoo is making one last push with a fund-raising membership offer of $99 for two adults and up to four children, who don’t have to live in the same household.

They’re a delight to watch, and a troubled population that Zoo Atlanta has helped. I just hope the rest of the places we go to have fun in Atlanta will emerge so well from this rough period, too.

The unveiling was special, too, for Ronald Swaisgood, who helps run the panda program at the zoo. “We finally get to share with the public what we’ve been enjoying for five months,” he said.

Public viewings are key to building awareness of endangered animals like the panda, he said. “People conserve what they love, and they love what they understand,” Swaisgood said.

When Adelaide's giant pandas go on show for the first time, the view will be simply stunning.

Pandas Wang Wang and Funi will still be in quarantine, restricted to the vast indoor areas of their $8 million, purpose-built exhibit. But they will be visible behind a floor-to-ceiling wall of glass.

Zoos South Australia chief executive Dr. Chris West said he wanted to give the public an idea of what to expect for the first couple of weeks, after next Sunday's official opening by the Governor-General. "It's not like they'll be catching a glimpse of a panda through a porthole," he said.

Here's the first glimpse of Wang Wang lounging around in his day room. It's quite a sight, expected to attract up to 5000 visitors a day to the Adelaide Zoo. Panda keeper Chris Fulton said Wang Wang and Funi were getting used to their "spacious and luxurious" day rooms.

"Generally, they just tend to look like pretty contented animals," he said.
"They just seem really happy and relaxed, which is really cool. It's a pleasure to work with them."
Book PandaTix online at www.adelaidezoo.com.au or by phone on 1300 399 849 (phone bookings attract a $4 administrative fee).

Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has set up two more national level nature reserves to protect the habitat for a rare giant panda species unique to the Qinling Mountain Range, environment authorties said Monday.

The new reserves bring the province's total to six in the Qinling Mountains, said Li Xiaolian, deputy chief of the provincial environment protection department.

One of the new reserves, the Sangyuan Nature Reserve, covered 13,806 hectares in Liuba County of Hanzhong City, in the heartland of the Qinling Mountains, Li told a press conference Monday.

"Its forest coverage is 99.4 percent and it has a rich resource of bamboo, including arrow bamboo — the giant pandas' favorite food," said Li.

Pandas were first spotted in the Qinling Mountains in 1964, a century after the bears were reported in Sichuan, home to most of China's pandas.

Compared with their peers in Sichuan, Qinling pandas are smaller in population -- approximately 300 compared with more than 1,300 other pandas living elsewhere in China.

These pandas also have smaller skeletal frames, larger side teeth and traces of brown instead of the typical black-and-white on other pandas.

Dear all,

Good news for you all, the milk formula arrived at 11:00 last night.  Thank you all, with great support from Sherry, Nikki, Thank you sooo much and also thanks goes to Dr. Li for his focus and help.
Of course, Thanks for Pandas International, this milk will help us and the
pandas a lot!

Happy New Year!

Pennies 4 Pandas is our new web based, child focused fundraising program to:

• Raise money to replant the bamboo destroyed in 2008 earthquake
• Teach children the rewards and value of philanthropic efforts
• Raise awareness of the pandas’ plight
• Get community and school support
• Help Chinese farmers find employment making them more committed to the project. This will make the whole program more sustainable
• Make more people aware of the efforts of Pandas International