分享录像,帮助饲养熊猫

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喜爱大熊猫泰山的人现在可以通过点击它在四川基地的实况视频链接帮助为中国再植竹林作贡献。
熊猫泰山自从2005年7月9日在史密森尼国家动物公园(Smithsonian National Zoological Park)出生以来,就一直令熊猫爱好者着迷,他们有幸通过国家动物园在互联网上提供的实时摄像镜头,长达数小时地观看这只熊猫幼崽的举动。
如今,由于 “explore.org”组织、国际熊猫组织(Pandas International) 和中国保护大熊猫研究中心等的共同努力,这只7岁熊猫的爱好者们,可通过网络摄像头观看他目前在中国四川碧峰峽熊猫基地家中的实况。
7月期间,观众们还可为中国再植竹林的努力作贡献——竹子是熊猫的主食。具体方式是,在社交媒体上点击“喜欢”或“分享”泰山熊猫实况视频流的链接。对于每一次“喜欢”或“分享”点击, explore.org组织网站将捐款1美元,最多达50万美元,用于竹林再植工作。
虽然泰山并非在美国出生的第一只熊猫,但他是国家动物园第一只生存超过数天以上的熊猫幼崽。国家动物园的新闻简报说,熊猫顺利出生,只是美国帮助中国保护大熊猫努力的很小部分。美国科学家1996年以来一直协助中国科学家在中国繁殖中心改善大熊猫的健康状况,提高繁殖成功率,并帮助挽救野生环境中的熊猫。目前,大约有1600只野生熊猫,世界动物园和养殖中心的熊猫则大约为300只。
人们可以在美国四个城市看到大熊猫:首都华盛顿、圣迭戈、亚特兰大、以及田纳西州的孟菲斯。这些城市的动物园每年向中国支付100万美元,用于帮助保护大熊猫的努力,作为回报,中方借给美方一对配偶熊猫,供人们观赏。如果一对熊猫产子,动物园向中方一次性地提供60万美元,将新生熊猫保留到两周岁,然后送往中国。
上图为录像屏幕截图,显示7月10日泰山在碧峰峽熊猫基地。
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http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/inbrief/2012/07/201207128934.html#ixzz20TpCoHAt
Share a Video, Help Feed a Panda
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Fans of Tai Shan, the first surviving panda cub born at the National Zoo, can watch the now-7-year-old bear at his home in Sichuan, China, on a live video feed and contribute to bamboo replanting efforts by "liking" or "sharing" the webcam link via social media.
Ever since his birth at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on July 9, 2005, Tai Shan has been a source of fascination for panda lovers, who watched him as an infant for hours via live footage on the Internet, courtesy of the National Zoo.
Now, thanks to a joint effort by explore.org, Pandas International and the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, fans of the 7-year-old can watch him via webcam in his current home at the Bifengxia Panda Base in Sichuan, China.
During the month of July, viewers also can contribute to efforts in China to replant a field of bamboo, the staple of pandas' diets, by "liking" or "sharing" the link to Tai Shan's live stream on social media. For each "like" or "share" in July, explore.org will donate $1, up to $500,000, to replanting efforts.
Although Tai Shan was not the first panda born in the United States, he was the first cub at the National Zoo to survive beyond a few days. The successful births are only a small part of U.S. efforts to help China save giant pandas, according to a fact sheet from the National Zoo. U.S. scientists have been working in China since 1996 to assist Chinese colleagues in improving the health and reproductive success of giant pandas in Chinese breeding centers and to help save the species in the wild. Currently, there are approximately 1,600 pandas in the wild and roughly 300 in zoos and breeding centers worldwide.
Four U.S. cities exhibit giant pandas: Washington, San Diego, Atlanta and Memphis, Tennessee. Each of the zoos pays $1 million a year to China to help giant panda conservation efforts in return for the loan of a breeding pair to exhibit. If a panda couple produces a cub, the host zoo also gives China a one-time fee of $600,000 to keep the cub until it turns 2 years old, after which it is sent to China.
Above, a July 10 screenshot from the video feed of Tai Shan in his enclosure at the Bifengxia Panda Base.
Here is the link to Tai Shan's live stream.
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http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2012/07/201207108751.html#ixzz20TpEoI6X