Help me help the pandas!! :-)

eyejacker
eyejacker Posts: 1,282
edited October 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
OK, so here goes....

I was not sure which forum page to post this at so I hope here is OK.

My girlfriend really loves pandas... They are by far her favorite animal, and she collects all sorts of quirky panda stuff!! :-)

Last summer I took her to see a panda up close for the first time, and she was really happy. His name was Bao Bao and he was a resident of the Berlin zoo. Conveniently for me, Pearl Jam were playing Berlin at the same time.......... :mrgreen:

I just got word that about a month after we met Bao Bao, he sadly died. I broke the news to my girlfriend and she was really sad.

Anyway, to get to the point, I want to adopt a panda for her, as a gift!! :-)
The best package I found was from the Smithsonian Zoo at Washington D.C. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/support/adoptspecies/animalinfo/giantpanda/default.cfm but the only problem is that they don't send the packages to Europe due to their shipping policy.

Would anyone be willing to get this shipped to their house in the States or Canada and then ship it to me to Greece? If anyone uses the post office regularly and would be willing to do this, both the pandas and my girlfriend would be very grateful!! Of course I will PayPal the $ in advance.

Thanks!
Nick

:-)
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  • Pjzepp67
    Pjzepp67 Posts: 445
    Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland has adoption packages for their Giant Pandas and many other deserving animals if this is any help to you and your good lady... :)
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Thanks Pjzepp67!!
    Edinburgh Zoo is a great choice and I've looked into that.
    The Pandacam has been on non stop for the past week... It's awesome!! :-)
    http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/pandacam.html

    I think the Smithsonian package is what she'd want though... Of course at the end of the day I will adopt one from any good facility, because the adoption is the whole point, but I thought I'd give it a shot here for what I think she'd like.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,937
    Good luck with that Niko! I can help you adopt a monk seal if you wish (I am a MOm volunteer). Have a look here: http://www.mom.gr/displayITM1.asp?ITMID=228. By the way, on behalf of all the animals out there, thank you for doing this! :D
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  • Pjzepp67
    Pjzepp67 Posts: 445
    Just checked the "Pandacam"...as you say, awesome...good luck.
  • Hairy Dane
    Hairy Dane Denmark Posts: 205
    Good luck and how very nice of you to do this.
    But why not go with the WWF thing http://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-cen ... Panda.aspx ... ?
    And yes Bao Bao was a sight, as far as I recall wasn't he a gift from China to West Germany? ...
    Have fun, walk hard and stay alive.
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Thanks Panagioti... Nice to see that we're helping the seals. It's a shame the minimum donation is 100 Euro though... Do they accept less if you don't want the full package?

    Hairy Dane, thanks for the advice. WWF was the obvious place to go to in the beginning, but I realised that then we would not know where to go to visit her "adopted" panda... So I thought a zoo would be better.

    Bao Bao was indeed a gift from China to West Germany. He lived to be 34 years old.. Pandas in the wild live for around 15-20 years. By living so much longer in captivity, there are more chances for them to reproduce and help keep the species from going extinct.

    Here's a photo I took of Bao Bao:

    photo-1_zps0231c04b.jpg

    And here is my gf taking a video of him:

    photo2_zps5478aa7f.jpg


    ...so long friend!! Hope there's lots of bamboo in panda heaven!!
  • Pjzepp67
    Pjzepp67 Posts: 445
    A beautiful creature indeed...such a beast for man to pin his hopes and aspirations on...and the panda is quite nice too... :fp:
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Pjzepp67 wrote:
    A beautiful creature indeed...such a beast for man to pin his hopes and aspirations on...and the panda is quite nice too... :fp:

    :fp:

    :lol:
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,937
    eyejacker wrote:
    Thanks Panagioti... Nice to see that we're helping the seals. It's a shame the minimum donation is 100 Euro though... Do they accept less if you don't want the full package?

    I'm not so sure, but I think you cannot adopt a monk seal for less than 100 euros. You can always contact them via e-mail and ask them. If you really want to help the #1 endangered species in the Mediterranean Sea, you can also make a donation via PayPal (http://www.mom.gr/displayITM1.asp?ITMID=176). The amount of money is of course up to you.
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    pm sent
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  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Looks like I'm in luck!!
    THANK YOU

    Now if anyone else can adopt an animal, you will be doing a great deal of good!!

    I knew I could count on my fellow 10C members!!!

    Thank you once again, to SD48277 and to everyone else who took an interest!!

    :)
  • Hairy Dane
    Hairy Dane Denmark Posts: 205
    Cool! ... Good luck with your new panda ;)
    Have fun, walk hard and stay alive.
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    Wow! Pandacam is amazing!! So cool! Very odd but very cool. Yay SD!! :)

    I hope your girlfriend loves her panda gift & that is very cool she got to meet Bao Bao before he passed.
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  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Thanks everyone!
    Will post reaction when received...

    In the meantime, little panda is out and about today, eating bamboo as usual!
    http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/pandacam.html
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,937
    Cute! :P
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Toronto Zoo

    file-11.jpg
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  • Pjzepp67
    Pjzepp67 Posts: 445
    Damn you eyejacker...we are now hooked on the Pandacam tooo !
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Pjzepp67 wrote:
    Damn you eyejacker...we are now hooked on the Pandacam tooo !

    :lol:
    Look at him go!!!!
    nom nom nom nom nom

    :corn:
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Toronto Zoo

    file-11.jpg

    That's a fine lookin' animal you've got there!!
    :D

    C'mon peeps, adopt a species!!!
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGF6bOi1NfA

    Check these little guys out!! :lol:

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