Vanessa's Journal

5/25/10

Still Going Strong!

Hi everyone! I apologize for the lack of updates since our historic day of panda capture after all of those years of trying. Due to various logistical and project planning constraints, I was not able to get an update out sooner.

In fact, it may be some time before I am able to report back in detail on our latest happenings in the same way that I did before. However, I wanted to check in to say that life has been a whirlwind of excitement since the panda capture and we are all enjoying this new phase of panda tracking. The work is going well and we are looking forward to continuing to learn new information about pandas that we can one day share with all of you.

I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of all of my colleagues and friends at the State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and the China Center for Research and Conservation of the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in Wolong Nature Reserve. I am excited about continuing to work with them as we collaborate on this team project and I hope that we can make the most of this amazing opportunity to learn about such a precious endangered animal.

Thanks to everyone who has followed along so diligently on this blog in the past and I hope I can check in here again one day in the future!