by Meg | Mar 23, 2016 | PDX Wildlife |
Employed by the CCRCGP since 2000, Dong Li or Mr. Dong as we call him, is the lead keeper at the Bifengxia breeding center. His knowledge of the bears behaviors and how to best pair males and females together is second-to-none. He is an invaluable resource for...
by Meg | Mar 22, 2016 | Panda |
Many of the people that we have either met in person or follow our research have the unique quality of being able to identify pandas from a very limited amount of information. We thought we would incite some competition amongst these dedicated few by putting their...
by Meg | Mar 21, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Hi, Alyssa here. Remember that classic MTV show, Cribs? No? Maybe not? For those of you who aren’t familiar, Cribs was a show where a camera crew would go into celebrities’ homes for a brief tour of their luxurious living quarters. That’s it, that’s all there was to...
by Meg | Mar 20, 2016 | Panda, PDX Wildlife
PDXWildlife has had a nearly constant presence at Bifengxia since 2011. Given the size of the facility it’s easy to meet a new faces each year. I first met Cheng Jian Bin, or “Bean” as we call him, last winter. Little did I know that he has been here...
by Meg | Mar 18, 2016 | Panda, PDX Wildlife |
A vast majority of our posts are focused on giant pandas, with little attention given to staff who take care of these black and white balls of fur. Let’s turn the table and focus on the keepers in a mini series so aptly named- Keeper Profiles. ...
