Power of Blogging
A blogger by the name of Qiuyueguisi visited Shenzhen Zoo recently, and blogged about the poor conditions of the giant panda habitat there, focusing on Yong Ba, its 25-year-old black and white resident.
The blog entry was picked up by ShanghaiDaily.com, and now a team from Wolong has arrived in Shenzhen Zoo to investigate and possibly to bring Yong Ba back to Bifengxia if the allegations are found to be true.
I have a personal interest in Yong Ba – she is my adopted panda, Feng Yi’s maternal grandmother.
Having visited Shi Shi in Guangzhou Zoo, where I saw the excellent care he received, I thought it was the same with all senior pandas relocated to zoos around China. Looks like I was wrong. I was naive to think that zoos in China would be happy to have giant pandas and would therefore treat them well.
Kudos to Qiuyueguisi, the blogger who first broke the news about Yong Ba, to ShanghaiDaily.com for highlighting the story, and to the Wolong team for their quick response to investigate the allegations.
I hope Yong Ba gets to be sent to Bifengxia.
Related News
Original Blog Post about Yong Ba
Article in ShanghaiDaily.com
Team from Wolong visits Yong Ba at Shenzhen Zoo
