Sun bear trip – Thailand
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Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Last week I spent two nights driving in the area around Mt. Koyasan (34.186176N 135.604409E) and saw lots of...
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Sri Lanka, 2010
Sigiriya Fort In December 2010 I had to work for a few days in Colombo. I’d visited Sri Lanka...
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Malay Badger Picture
Francine Mejia sent me this picture of a Malay Badger she saw in the Danum Valley. I...
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Dobson’s and Pearson’s Horseshoe Bats in Thailand
If you listed Dobson’s Horseshoe Bat (R. yunanensi) in Thailand you should revise those records. Francis (2019, Field Guide...
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Five New Pikas found in China
Dear all, In the latest issue of the Acta Theriologica Sinica,Dr Liu Shao-ying and his colleague was described five...
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Extinct gibbon skull found in Chinese tomb
https://mashable.com/2018/06/21/gibbon-tomb-extinction-by-humans/#PDhtwtOQUaqJ This is an interesting article about a new and extinct species of gibbon found in a tomb in...
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Ujung Kulon National Park
Last June I led a somewhat physically challenging but extremely enjoyable Royle Safaris trip to the core area of...
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Excellent sighting! Thanks for sharing this 🙂
When did you see giant Panda? Was it before they closed down Foping? Or did you see them elsewhere?
Cheers!
Tomer
I worked in Wolong panda reserve in the early 1990’s , and in the two years I lived there, I saw a panda on one occasion. The state of China’s parks in those days was dire. Indifference to in-situ conservation, poorly performing rangers and open wildlife markets selling everything I longed to see in the wild. Thankfully , there appears to have been a transformation in the last 10 years with many previously hard to see mammals making a comeback coupled with strict law enforcement , a logging ban and the creation of new protected areas.
Very cool!
I must make it back to Sichuan… but concentrate on wildlife this time (I was there with my parents back in 2014 and only did the scenic stuff… which was still very awesome).
Cheers!