Comments on: My Friends in Wolong http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John Rudoff, M. D. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-351921 John Rudoff, M. D. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:06:47 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-351921 Dear Friends: I have followed this brief blog carefully. I have just posted a couple of hundred pictures (from June 2007) of the preserve, in happier times, on flickr.com. You can get there easily by just going to flickr and searching my name, or " Wolong Panda Preserve" . I am planning to go to Chengdu for 2 weeks some time soon to do some relief work in western Sichuan. Interestingly, my daughter also had " Boogie" as a mentor and teacher there... Best regards to all, John Rudoff Dear Friends:
I have followed this brief blog carefully. I have just posted a couple of hundred pictures (from June 2007) of the preserve, in happier times, on flickr.com. You can get there easily by just going to flickr and searching my name, or " Wolong Panda Preserve" .
I am planning to go to Chengdu for 2 weeks some time soon to do some relief work in western Sichuan.
Interestingly, my daughter also had " Boogie" as a mentor and teacher there…
Best regards to all, John Rudoff

]]> By: Donald Bradburn http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-260478 Donald Bradburn Tue, 20 May 2008 01:09:18 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-260478 Ron, Thank you for your heartfelt comments about Wolong , it's keepers and pandas.. I was at Wolong two summers ago and was assigned to " Boogie" , a young keeper, as my translator / volunteer mentor His wife is a vet there and they had a new little baby at that time. I spent lots of time talking to Hau Mei in English and helping with her twins. I am very worried. Any future news would be appreciated. Thanks again, Donald B. Ron, Thank you for your heartfelt comments about Wolong , it's keepers and pandas..
I was at Wolong two summers ago and was assigned to " Boogie" , a young keeper, as my translator / volunteer mentor His wife is a vet there and they had a new little baby at that time. I spent lots of time talking to Hau Mei in English and helping with her twins. I am very worried. Any future news would be appreciated.
Thanks again,
Donald B.

]]> By: Frances in NYC http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259623 Frances in NYC Sun, 18 May 2008 02:29:39 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259623 Thanks to all, especially those of you who have friends and relatives in the damaged region. Thank you, Ron, for letting us know more about your friends in Wolong, and Angie, and you, bareri for letting us know about Hua Mei's keeper. If he is well, we can hope that Hua Mei is also. Rose #45--I donated through Pandas International. Thanks to all, especially those of you who have friends and relatives in the damaged region. Thank you, Ron, for letting us know more about your friends in Wolong, and Angie, and you, bareri for letting us know about Hua Mei's keeper. If he is well, we can hope that Hua Mei is also.

Rose #45–I donated through Pandas International.

]]> By: Susan (UK) http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259285 Susan (UK) Sat, 17 May 2008 08:48:04 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259285 Wolong News #42, I was rivetted to that account of the British tourists' rescue, and their ordeal. I could imagine myself there, and it wasn't nice. Angie, thank you for letting us know about Scott and his family. Glad they are safe. Rong #53, I hope any family or friends you may have in Chengdu are safe and well. Despite being told the pandas are safe, I am still so worried. Wolong News #42, I was rivetted to that account of the British tourists' rescue, and their ordeal. I could imagine myself there, and it wasn't nice.

Angie, thank you for letting us know about Scott and his family. Glad they are safe.

Rong #53, I hope any family or friends you may have in Chengdu are safe and well.

Despite being told the pandas are safe, I am still so worried.

]]> By: bareri http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259234 bareri Sat, 17 May 2008 06:31:13 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259234 I think staff at the panda facility are able to contact their families using satellite phones now. Xiao Yi (Hua Mei's keeper) contacted his parents and let them know that he's safe. I don't have details of the conversation, so I don't know how the other staff are doing. I think staff at the panda facility are able to contact their families using satellite phones now. Xiao Yi (Hua Mei's keeper) contacted his parents and let them know that he's safe. I don't have details of the conversation, so I don't know how the other staff are doing.

]]> By: Rong http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259020 Rong Fri, 16 May 2008 22:58:56 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259020 Hi, everyone, I come from Chengdu, China and currently live in San Diego, CA. I am also concern about Giant Panda in Wolong after the quake (which is really heartbroken for us). I have been to Wolong before and visited the panda research center. It's good news that all 86 pandas there are safe and sound. The cubs have been tranferred to a safer place (Shan Wan). I am so impressed that so many people around world care about panda in Sichuan and in China. Thank you very much. Hi, everyone, I come from Chengdu, China and currently live in San Diego, CA. I am also concern about Giant Panda in Wolong after the quake (which is really heartbroken for us). I have been to Wolong before and visited the panda research center. It's good news that all 86 pandas there are safe and sound. The cubs have been tranferred to a safer place (Shan Wan). I am so impressed that so many people around world care about panda in Sichuan and in China. Thank you very much.

]]> By: Sammi in UK http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259012 Sammi in UK Fri, 16 May 2008 22:49:59 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259012 I have just read my latest Pandas International newsletter up-date. Wolong needs help urgently. The army helicopters are dropping off food and supplies, but flights and fuel are now in short supply. Wolong is desperate for medicine supplies for both animal and human needs. Some vital emergency items have now been used up to treat injuries and stop bleeding, and give antibiotics where needed. There has been another 5.6 AFTERSHOCK. They certainly seem to be going on it just doesn't seem to want to stop. Pandas International are asking for donations to help the pandas. If you go to their website you will be able to find the address and i think ways of making a tax free donation. This seems to be getting more serious day by day. A lot more prayers and hope are needed. I have just read my latest Pandas International newsletter up-date.

Wolong needs help urgently. The army helicopters are dropping off food and supplies, but flights and fuel are now in short supply. Wolong is desperate for medicine supplies for both animal and human needs. Some vital emergency items have now been used up to treat injuries and stop bleeding, and give antibiotics where needed.

There has been another 5.6 AFTERSHOCK. They certainly seem to be going on it just doesn't seem to want to stop.

Pandas International are asking for donations to help the pandas. If you go to their website you will be able to find the address and i think ways of making a tax free donation.

This seems to be getting more serious day by day. A lot more prayers and hope are needed.

]]> By: Sue http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259005 Sue Fri, 16 May 2008 22:46:11 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-259005 How are the four zoos caring for pandas here in the United States assisting the folks at Wolong? How are the four zoos caring for pandas here in the United States assisting the folks at Wolong?

]]> By: Susan in Orlando, FL http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-258971 Susan in Orlando, FL Fri, 16 May 2008 22:07:22 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-258971 Ron Swaisgood my heart aches for you, the people of China, the Visitors and most of all the Giant Pandas. There is not a day that goes by since the quakes that I do not think of them all, many times throughout the day. If there is anything you hear of that is needed immediately for the Giant Pandas and the cubs please let me know. As a member of a small group that supports your pandas and the pandas across the other three US Zoo's housing pandas, we will do our part unconditionally, without the blink of an eye. Reach out to us, we are here. Our love for the Giant Pandas is very real. And our ability to join forces as one in our group is amazing in its own. Let me know if we can do anything to help. Ron Swaisgood my heart aches for you, the people of China, the Visitors and most of all the Giant Pandas. There is not a day that goes by since the quakes that I do not think of them all, many times throughout the day.

If there is anything you hear of that is needed immediately for the Giant Pandas and the cubs please let me know. As a member of a small group that supports your pandas and the pandas across the other three US Zoo's housing pandas, we will do our part unconditionally, without the blink of an eye.

Reach out to us, we are here. Our love for the Giant Pandas is very real. And our ability to join forces as one in our group is amazing in its own. Let me know if we can do anything to help.

]]> By: Kay in Alberta http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-258934 Kay in Alberta Fri, 16 May 2008 21:21:52 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/my-friends-in-wolong/#comment-258934 Like so many others, I am relying on the San Diego Zoo website for reports on " our" pandas. My special buddy Mei Sheng is in my thoughts daily, along with his sister Hua Mei and her offspring. Thanks, Ron, for sharing your concerns with us. My husband and I are traveling to China in July. The safety of the Three Gorges dam is of considerable interest to us as we have booked a cruise on that section of the Yangtze, but I find myself thinking more about the pandas and their conservation workers than I do about the dam. The pandas certainly have captured many hearts, including my own. Like so many others, I am relying on the San Diego Zoo website for reports on " our" pandas. My special buddy Mei Sheng is in my thoughts daily, along with his sister Hua Mei and her offspring. Thanks, Ron, for sharing your concerns with us. My husband and I are traveling to China in July. The safety of the Three Gorges dam is of considerable interest to us as we have booked a cruise on that section of the Yangtze, but I find myself thinking more about the pandas and their conservation workers than I do about the dam. The pandas certainly have captured many hearts, including my own.

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