Farewell, Hua Mei

Post by **Wally** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:04 pm

Capt.Rutlinger wrote: like wally said Panda's belong in China, it's there natural habitat

AFCOURSE I AM RIGHT!

FEAR MY CORRECTNESS!

Capt.Rutlinger · Post by **Capt.Rutlinger** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:39 pm

you got it right this time but don't exagerate

anyway I hope they bring some more panda's to China to prevent these magnificent animals to dissapear in the wild

Post by **Kielo91** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 1:57 pm

superlion wrote: In the definition of "belong to" as "pertaining to", it could really be either way. Or you could say "belong in". The panda also "belongs to" China in the sense of ownership as a national symbol. I don't know if you can stretch that to say that all individual pandas are owned by China, probably not any more than you can say that all bald eagles are owned by the United States. But really, all animals that are found within the borders of a country are protected or regulated by either laws of that country or international agreements that country has signed... so you could certainly say that wherever an animal is, it is owned by that country.

That's a good theory, SL. It's sad the panda is leaving, but if the panda is being shipped off back to China to participate in a breeding program, I'm all for it. She's very eligible. The panda population overall is definitely not high; it's disheartening for animal lovers to know that. I'm sure not happy about it myself. I'm glad at least part of China is running the breeding programs. It may seem biased, but because the panda is leaving to China, that breeding program will most likely benefit both animal lovers and pandas worldwide.

Post by **Wally** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:25 pm

China owns da panda!

Post by **okapi_07** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:07 pm

superlion wrote: If you want to see koalas in a zoo, go to San Diego or Oakland. Both zoos have several koalas... they're actually really well fed because eucalyptus grows like a weed in California (sometimes it seems like there are more Eucalyptus in California than in Australia)... so the zoos can grow them pretty well and landscapers, etc can bring in trimmings to the zoo of the koalas' favorite types of tree

the columbus zoo also has a good koala exhibit(they were sent to another zoo while they new australian exhibit was built but i think theyre back now) but you cant really grow eucalyptus trees in ohio so branches are flown in a couple times a week for them

Post by **jwa1107** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:57 pm

Missy wrote: I have never even seen a live panda. I wish OKC zoo would get one. They had Kolas recently. They did have dolphins but had to get rid of them because some died. They had a virus or bacterial infection.

I think the closest live pandas to you (and me) are at the Memphis Zoo, Missy.
it is about 7.5 hours drive from Dallas and about 7 hours drive from Oklahoma City.

now as for koalas, the Fort Worth Zoo has some which is less than a hours drive from my home.

Post by **Kielo91** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:09 pm

Now, I could of sworn I saw a few pandas of some type off in the Toledo Zoo. But that was quite a while back. I just can't seem to remember what exactly it was I saw... All I really remember is that there was a really severe storm that hit that area. It flooded the zoo.

Post by **okapi_07** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:42 pm

ive only seen pandas once at the national zoo on our school trip 2 years ago (i wasnt too thrilled with the zoo though)

phantom · Post by **phantom** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:41 pm

We used to have red pandas at my local zoo but the altitude (6500ft) seemed to give them some strange skin condition so for their own health they were shipped out. I wish we still had them. The parents sucessfully bred a couple years back. The baby was so cute. I miss them.

Post by **okapi_07** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:22 pm

red pandas are awsome the ones at the columbus zoo have been off exhibit for a while( there old exhibit doesnt exhist anymore) but there will be a new ehibit opening in a couple of years that will have them in it they had babies a while back but i was too young then to remember them (i saw them on a video about the zoo that was made the year i was born the 3 babies looked really cool)

Post by **jwa1107** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:22 am

the Dallas Zoo's red pandas are on 'permanent loan" to the Santa Barbara zoo

Capt.Rutlinger · Post by **Capt.Rutlinger** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:43 pm

our zoo does have red panda's but I've never seen a giant panda before