Giulia Ciminelli- Fall Gengda Intern

Giulia Ciminelli- Fall Gengda Intern

Giulia Ciminelli is our second fall 2017 Gengda weaning intern and she has a special love for giant pandas that I think most of our followers can relate to. Lets hear what brought her to our program and how her first week went. Greetings PDXWildlife! My name is...
Shalyn Gordon: PDXWildlife Weaning Intern

Shalyn Gordon: PDXWildlife Weaning Intern

Hello!  My name is Shalyn Gordon and I will be traveling to the panda base in Gengda, China this fall as one of the interns working on the new weaning research.  In the past, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to intern at a marine mammal and sea turtle rescue...
Happy Birthday Wen Yu!

Happy Birthday Wen Yu!

Wishing Wen Yu a happy birthday: hopefully filled with panda bread cake, topped with a bamboo candle. This sweet girl is 10 years young and continues to have the cuteness factor in check. Wen Yu was born in captivity in Wolong BC on September 24th. At only 10, she has...
Gengda Field Notes: Sept. 21, 2017

Gengda Field Notes: Sept. 21, 2017

We are still hard at work with our reintroduction project and things are finally starting to go a lot more smoothly. As with any new study, there are speed bumps and things that occur which you didn’t consider at the beginning of the study. This requires being...
All in the Family

All in the Family

As we conclude our first several weeks at Bifengxia, it’s a great time to reflect on the delightful conglomeration of exploring and learning that we’ve experienced. The three of us hit the ground running (literally and figuratively); combing the scenic expanses of the...