The Chaircat's Blog

News and opinions from the born free, critters and their human friends as overheard by Duma Duke

A million dollars worth of Panda

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

They’ve just confirmed it on CNN! The cute little new Panda just born at the San Diego Zoo cost one millionĀ  U.S. Dollars “to make”!
Yep, that’s what the Chinese charge the U.S. for a visit of one of their, shall we say ‘virile’ male Pandas on “breeding loan”.
Just think, given the prospect of new spotted [...]

The Chaircat’s Letter of March 2007

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

My dear Friends,
For those of us that are born optimists, 2007 has started well.
Unusual amounts of heavy precipitation may have caused some havoc in parts of East Africa, but for us here at the Conservancy the rain has had some very positive results. The vegetation is once again very lush and thick, the way it [...]