Follow Vanessa Hull as she works to catch pandas, in her latest journals, photos, and videos from China.
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Introducing captive pandas to the wild
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Interest in pandas and conservation from an early age
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Benefits of collaring pandas
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Human impact on Giant Pandas in China
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Graduate students Wei Liu and Mao-Ning Tuan Mufrom of the MSU Panda team in Wolong, communicated have both have safely left the Wolong Nature reserve after spending time there assisting in rescue efforts and assessing damage, Jack Liu reports.
While communications to the Wolong Nature Reserve remain severely challenged and information sparse, Jianguo "Jack" Liu, leader of MSU's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, has confirmed that the three graduate students who work on his projects have survived the earthquake.
MSU's panda research team is working with Michigan State on ways to assist the people, and the pandas, that has been ground zero in research and efforts to better understand panda habitat and find ways to save the giant pandas, and other valuable resources there.
Vanessa and the rest of the panda team join the world in waiting for news from an area of China that is remote, but familiar to the team.
The U.S. Geological Survey indicates that the epicenter of Monday's powerful earthquake likely is close to the Wolong Nature Reserve, the very land in which Vanessa spent four months this winter attempting to capture and collar elusive giant pandas.
Vanessa didn't catch a panda—this year.
Not for want of trying. Or dedication. Or expertise, support, or just plain gumption.
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