I saw this article in the Daily Mail yesterday and knew I had to share with you. It’s a pretty basic article about the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, in Sichuan, China. However, there were too many adorable panda baby pictures to pass up. You can read the article here.

Enjoy!

And my favorite:

I don’t know why, but I have a serious love of tiny panda paws.

It makes me so sad to report this, especially after yesterday’s excitement about the Atlanta Zoo pregnancy, but the newborn panda born at the Oji Zoo in Japan has passed away after only 3 days on this earth.

I just saw the footage of the cub being born yesterday and couldn’t wait to share it with you guys. If you’d like to see it, you can here.

It’s thought that the panda died due to excessively strong hugging from its mother, or simply from not drinking enough milk.

Source: News24.com

Below is a copy of the Pandas International monthly newsletter. If you aren’t already subscribed, you can subscribe here. It’s a wonderful source of information! Who knew baby panda poo was so…. colorful?!

Also, don’t forget to donate to Pandas International here.

Thanks to Frances for forwarding this to me!

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After all the recent updates dealing with the terrible effects of the May Earthquake, we finally have some good news to report! Ten cubs have been born to Wolong pandas! At their new home Bifengxia in Ya’an City, six mothers have given birth. As you may remember, the pregnant females were the first pandas to be evacuated after the earthquake at Wolong, and Incubators were one of the first items sent to Bifengxia by Pandas International.

New Wolong Babies

	Guo Guo was rescued following the 5-12 earthquake and moved from Wolong to Bifengxia (photo at left). She had twin boys on July 6, 2008 (top). Guo Guo was born September 14, 1996 to Mom Jia Jia, who is now at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Guo Guo’s Dad is Xin Xing.
Guo Guo’s twins. Incubator and formula donated by Pandas International (above).
That’s right — baby panda poo!

July 13th Ying Ying had a single cub (above).

Ying Ying’s cub (above).

July 21st Long Xin had twins (not shown). July 26th Bai Xue had twins (above).	August 5th Cao Cao had twins (above).
Other births On August 8, 2008, Fei Fei had a single cub who will hopefully be named the Olympic Baby. In addition, Chengdu has had 6 cubs born and Xhaanxi had one set of twins. Dr. Li with one of Guo Guo’s twins in incubator provided by Pandas International (at right).

New Babies Need Lots of TLC (and milk)! Help us continue to grow and thrive by making a donation to Pandas International today.

It’s official, the first $200.00 of ad revenue has been donated to Pandas International! (proof!) We’re still zooming along and we’ll be at $300.00 soon. If this pace keeps up we’ll have to come up with a better plan for the proceeds. The polls don’t seem to stay up long enough!

Speaking of polls, there’s a new one in the sidebar. Make sure to vote!

Thanks again for all the support for this little panda site. You’ve made a huge impact in helping pandas without much effort. How awesome is that?!

Julie

We’ve finally made it to the first $100.00 raised by ad revenue! I’m so excited. Google Ads will be sending me a check next month and I’ll be donating it to Pandas International! I can’t express how grateful I am for everyone supporting this site so that we can help support pandas. I’ll be resetting the counter and updating all the donation information soon. Unfortunately work and school has kept me a bit preoccupied lately, so I haven’t been able to keep up with it as much as I’d like.

In the near future I’ll also be redoing the site design and adding a few more advertisers. Don’t worry, nothing too annoying. I hate those flashy ads and sites that almost send you into an epileptic seizure as much as the next person! I think simple is the best way to go.

I just wanted to thank and congratulate everyone on helping us make our first goal!

Have a relaxing Sunday!

Julie

I saw this adorable panda photo in a story on metro.co.uk about the Olympic pandas. Such a cutie!

I want to snuggle you beyond words little panda cub.

Here’s a cute video of the eight pandas that arrived in Beijing.

“Eight ‘Olympic Pandas’ chosen to cheer on the games this summer were introduced to the public at Beijing zoo on Thursday. Visitors queued to buy tickets and take pictures from outside a newly expanded glass enclosure.”

The massive earthquakes have caused mayhem in china, including the pandas’ home, Wolong Panda Nature Reserve. Frances has been kind enough to keep me up to date with news from Pandas International, and also sent me the link to this video, which is absolutely amazing. A worker at Wolong recorded footage of the rescue of several panda babies. The cubs had to be carried off site one by one by workers.

The entire facility sustained severe damage and will require significant funds to rebuild. In addition to human relief aid, please consider donating to Pandas International if you can afford it. Every little bit helps.