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Where can I pet a panda in China?

Reddit Animals

Are there places in China that allow you to volunteer to care for them and in exchange, get to pet them? ​ The few americans zoos that had pandas never let people touch the pandas. I have heard of "panda nannies" submitted by /u/PandasHaveSex [link] [comments]

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Pandas are so cute and I wanna pet them

Reddit Animals

It sucks that most sanctuaries in China don't allow you to have a personal encounter with pandas. All I want is to pet a panda just once submitted by /u/PandasHaveSex [link] [comments]

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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

I've been blogging here less partly because I've been blogging at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (check out my latest post " On Corporate Personhood and Animal Rights " and the better-than-the-post comments) but also because I've been feeling like a broken record and I don't want to bore anyone. Where do people get that idea?

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On Not Eating Animals

Animal Person

Chris from Beijing wasn't able to comment (Animal Person is blocked in China) but he did write me to say he looks forward to Jonathan Safran Foer's sequel to Eating Animals. Not Eating Animals. And when you have people who slaughter animals for a living on your side, in my mind your pro-animal message loses credibility.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

10,000 Birds

When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” At the same time, they are popular as pets, as they may be the best talkers of the Australian cockatoos.

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Chinese Dogs Rescued En Route to Butcher

Critter News

According to this article from the NPR site , such rescues are occuring more regularly as dogs are increasingly becoming pets. A good story from China for once. These dogs were rescued by Chinese activists before they could be slaughtered for meat.

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A Bird Presentation in Shanghai

10,000 Birds

In a big city such as Shanghai, it is not always easy to see animals. China is developing very fast, and Shanghai is developing even faster. This sometimes makes it difficult for wild animals to survive. And I have added the English text and bird name after each illustration, a luxury I never have here. Some Birds of Shanghai.

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