So Many Panda Personalities!

So Many Panda Personalities!

Hi everybody, Doireann Ferris here-  Now that our internship with PDXWildlife is coming to an end I am heartbroken, but proud that all our hard work has paid off and all of the panda personality trials have been completed. Each of us 4 interns ran 10 trials on each of...
Rubbing Elbows with Elephants

Rubbing Elbows with Elephants

As you know, our focus at PDXWildlife is the Giant Panda, but there are many treasured animals in Asia! Hailey and I have ventured to Thailand, where we got to experience a different flavor of conservation with the Asian Elephant in Chiang Mai. Elephant Nature Park is...
Small Fish, Big Pond

Small Fish, Big Pond

Hi Everyone. Doireann Here- Being a foreign intern here in China is an experience like no other! Since this country is so vastly huge, tourists in Bifengxia are often from a different part of China. As a result, many local people have never seen foreigners before....
Traveling to Leshan & Mt. Emei

Traveling to Leshan & Mt. Emei

Hi everyone, Hailey here- We’ve just returned from a busy, short trip to Emei Mountain (峨眉山)/Leshan Buddha, and we were able to see so many amazing things.  We went to the summit of Emei mountain and were able to see the Emei Mountain Gold Roof, it was very...
Food and Friends

Food and Friends

Hello everyone, this is Hailey giving you a bimonthly report of things, here in Ya’an. We’ve been living in this little slice of heaven for little over a month and a half now, and the time seems to be flying by. Filling our time with adorable pandas, card...