Giant Pandas

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Giant Pandas

• Treasures of China and the world.

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History of the Research Base

• 1987 - Chengdu Panda Base established
• 1987???
• 1992 - Giant Panda Museum, the first in the world
• 1992?-????????????
• 1997 International cooperation with foreign
  zoological, academic, and medical institutions
• 1997?-?????????????????????
• 2000 - Conservation education department
  established
• 2000?-????????,?????????
• 2007-09 Research Center, Panda Hospital,
  Nutrition Kitchen, Panda Museum
• 2007-09?-????????????????????????????

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Primary Goals of the Chengdu Panda
Base???????????

• Research ??
• Conservation Education ????
• Educational Tourism ????

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???????????????Chengdu Laboratory of
Reproduction and Genetics for Endangered Wildlife

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• Nutrition Research
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• Veterinary Research
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• Reproductive Research
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• Genetics Research

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Captive Breeding
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Giant Pandas???

• Endangered
• 1,600 in the wild
• ???1600?
• 270 in captivity worldwide
• ?270??????

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Red Pandas ???

• Endangered
• Numbers Unknown
• New surveys underway in parts of their range

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Strategies of the Base

• Natural Mating AI
• Disease prevention cure
• Cub Swapping
• Genetics Research Paternity
• Genome Bank
• Nutrition Research
• Behavioral Research
• Conservation Education

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Natural Mating and Artificial Insemination (AI)
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Disease Prevention
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Genetics Research

• Paternity Determination

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Research Center
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Genome Bank
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Nutrition Research
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Behavioral Research
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Cub Swapping
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Conservation Education
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Panda Base a last hope effort
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Under the Pandas Umbrella Treasures of SW China
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South Central China

• In top 25 of Conservation Internationals
  Biodiversity Hot Spots
• Of highest priority for conservation action and
  investment
• High species diversity and high endemism
• Fragile highly threatened

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Golden Monkeys???

• Endangered
• 6,700 remain in the wild
• ???????6700?

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Sichuan Takin

• Vulnerable
• Total Numbers Unknown

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Snow Leopards??

• Endangered
• Between 3-7,00 remain in the wild
• ???????3-7,000?

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Asiatic Black Bears

• Vulnerable
• Numbers unknown

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Tigers??

• Endangered
• 5,100 including all 5 species surviving
• ??5???,?5100?
• 3 species extinct
• ???????
• South China tiger can no longer be found in the
  wild 13 in captivity functionally extinct
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Bai Ji Tun - Yangtze River Dolphin

• 6 week survey
• International Team
• 1,000 miles of river
• No one found
• Functionally Extinct in the Wild December 2006

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Loss of Biodiversity

• The loss of biodiversity is an irreversible
  global environmental change the Earth faces today
  (Dirzo Raven, 2003).????????????????????????????
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• We cant bring them back. ??????????
• We cant live without them. ??????????

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Feeding Strategy
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Our passion for pandas???

• Neoteny
• High and bulging forehead
• Large eyes
• Round cheeks
• Fat stubby limbs
• Playful behavior
• Elicits protective behavior in humans
• Facilitates anthropomorphism

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How can you help?

• Complete pre- and post-program surveys
• Model good interactions with animals
• Communicate positively with your child about
  animals
• Keep a journal

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How would childrens lives be different if they
grew up without animals?
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Foster your childs bonds with animals and create
a future steward of the Earth.
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