Last Chance to Bid in the Spring Auction
Our annual spring auction is about to end! Don't forget to place all bids by NOON MST on Sunday, May 2nd. Extended bidding is on so if a bid is placed in the last few minutes of the auction, the bidding time on that specific item will be extended to allow for anyone else to make a bid. All proceeds will go towards helping to save the giant pandas.

Pandas International will contact all winning bidders via e-mail the week of May 3rd to give them final costs including shipping. Please make sure to mark info@pandasinternational.org as a safe sender in your e-mail account as this is the only means we have of getting in touch with winning bidders.

PANDA NEWS
Fierce fight between wild pandas
Researchers have recently recovered footage of a fierce fight which erupted between two wild pandas in southwest China's Sichuan Province, with locals embarking on a mission to locate the injured panda who came off second best in the duel.

After collecting their carefully positioned infrared cameras on Monday, researchers were surprised to find rare footage had been obtained showing a pair of giant pandas engaged in a violent joust in protected area in Pingwu County, Sichuan's Mianyang City.

The remarkable fight footage showed the two rivals not only wrestling, but also clawing ferociously at each other. The brutal battle lasted for some 17 minutes, finally ending when the defeated bear left the scene with more than just his pride wounded, with the losing panda also sustaining injuries to his face.
Experts believe the dispute is likely to have been centered around a female companion.

"They were likely to be fight over courtship. But there is also another possibility that the male panda wanted to mate but the female panda hasn't ovulated yet. This could cause a fight, but it would not be as serious as it was," said Zhang Hemin, deputy director of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas.
After watching the video footage, a patrol team formed by a group of local villagers started a mission to track down the injured panda but have yet to come across the bear so far.

"We've collected the footages in all the infrared cameras but haven't found the track of the wounded panda so far," said villager Zhong Junde.


Russian panda gets his own rocket to
mark historic spaceflight
As Russia celebrated the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic spaceflight, a panda at the Moscow Zoo had his own “cosmic experience.”

Ru Yi, the panda, had his chance to lift off on a bamboo rocket made especially for him by zoo workers.

The bear-sized rocket, which took several days to construct, held Ru Yi’s attention only momentarily, before the large panda decided to leave space exploration for another day and instead chose to nibble on some bamboo.

Gagarin’s 108-minute flight into space 60 years ago set a new horizon for humanity and overnight turned the farmworker’s son into one of the century’s heroes.

The 27-year-old’s single earth orbit in 1961 was one of the Soviet Union’s most enduring Cold War victories and fueled a space race with the United States.

Pandas get into Winter Olympic
spirit in new painting
Artist Liu Zhong has recently completed his grand painting on pandas in ice and snow sports. The 202.2-meter-long and 1-meter-wide painting illustrates 109 events of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The work features more than 5,000 pandas, serving as the "athletes" and "audience".

Liu is well-known for depicting pandas through Chinese paintings and is a member of the board of directors of the China Artists Association. According to him, "Through these lovely pandas, I hope to popularize ice and snow sports, and hope that more people will pay attention to and participate in ice and snow sports."
PANDA PARTNERS
It is possible to deliver comfort, style, sustainability, and philanthropy; and we're here to prove it. Founded in 2021 by Cameron Cohen, Pierce Cohen, Christian Lane, and Philip Devlin our company aims to bring awareness to the delicate relationship between humans, animals, and the planet — one beautifully designed T-shirt at a time. Understanding the inherent connectivity of human life, wildlife, and our natural surroundings is crucial to repairing environmental damage and saving animal species from further extinction.

Purpose Apparel has partnered with Pandas International which means 100% of the proceeds from each panda shirt is donated directly back to Pandas International!

PANDA PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
#PandaStory​: Tub Time for Xiao Qi Ji
Panda Cub in Japan Enjoys Sunbath
#PandaStory​: Watch Xiao Qi Ji
Climb and Tumble
OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE PANDAS
Panda Store

Check out our panda store for the perfect gifts for all the panda lovers in your life (or yourself)! All proceeds go towards helping to save the giant panda.

Copyright ©2021 All Rights Reserved