Shu Qin 2016 Cub: 1 month

Shu Qin 2016 Cub: 1 month

Shu Qin gave birth to a female cub on July, 16th 2016 at 14:03 in the afternoon.  Shu Qin was born August 26th, 2009 making her almost 7 years old at the time of her daughter’s birth.  This is Shu Qin’s first cub and she has shown very strong maternal...
2016 Fall Intern #3: Sofany Montoya

2016 Fall Intern #3: Sofany Montoya

This post will finish out the “introductions” for our fall 2016 interns.  Please help me welcome Sofany Montoya to the PDXWildlife team. Sofany didn’t bring a parent with her but I feel like they must be wonderful people because they sure did raise a...
Zhen Zhen and the Zwinkies Fall 2016

Zhen Zhen and the Zwinkies Fall 2016

I know you’ve all been waiting for an actual update on PDXWildlife’s work here during the Fall 2016 season and (more importantly) my visit to Zhen Zhen and her one-year old cubs, affectionately dubbed the “Zwinkies” by admirers.  I only got...
Giant Panda Fall Intern #2: Celina Tu

Giant Panda Fall Intern #2: Celina Tu

The 2nd (in chronological order only!) 2016 Giant Panda Fall Intern is Celina Tu.  She’s a very talented, enthusiastic (Mandarin speaking!!!) young lady and I’m sure you’ll love reading about her passions below.  We were also lucky enough to host her...
The Boys and Girls of Bifengxia

The Boys and Girls of Bifengxia

Greetings from Bryan Kinane- Last Saturday we successfully made it one third of the way through our internship, suffice to say it has flown!  One month ago I had never even seen a panda and now I find myself living in China surrounded by 30 or so mischievous bears...