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After reading our umpteenth post dreaming about pandas in our own backyard, a reader who was at the National Zoo sent us some exciting news:
Just thought you'd like to know, that when I was there, one of the pandakeepers said the Bronx Zoo had already filled out its paperwork for "borrowing" some pandas from China. So pandas might be closer to NY than you think. Of course the NY Times article on how pandas don't actually make any money for zoos won't help the cause much.Au contraire - given that NYC is used to paying ridiculous prices for real estate and cocktails, $2 million for pandas should be easy. Please, if the Bronx Zoo can book private birthday parties, they can certainly have private panda parties - we'll eat bamboo shoots, apples, carrots, and yams and play in plastic tubs, then fall asleep immediately. Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, start looking into plane tickets to China!
Check out the Bronx Zoo. And Gothamist on the NY Times article saying pandas are the gas guzzlers of mammals (bamboo biters?).
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Funny, I thought it was the Bronx Wildlife Conservation Society or something like that.
I seem to recall they were all ga-ga about the new name a few years ago.
Not that I would go to a zoo.
I have been to the zoo a zillion times and it is always entertaining. It would be a blast to see Pandas! I hope we get some..
mr elephant
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I work at the Bronx Zoo, in a capacity to be very familiar with the budget. No pandas are coming. I suggest people read the book "The Last Panda" by Dr. George Schaller to learn the real situation concerning China and pandas.
Oh, and people should be aware that the Chinese are illegally logging in Madagascar to get fancy wood to build their Olympic venues.