Comments on: Mei Sheng: Fulfilling His Destiny

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:48:32 +0000

Our son and his family were in from Colorado Springs and we all went to pay our respects to Mei Sheng and bid him a fond farewell as he
will soon undertake his representation among
the elite of the Panda World in China.

Mei Sheng was busy enjoying his bambo lunch
front and center. Someone in our group must have had on his favorite scent as he stopped
his chewing and gave us the heads up sniff.

Thank you Mei Sheng it was great to see you
close up and wake.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:49:23 +0000

We also want to be able to watch Mei Sheng before he goes back to China. Visiting him is impossible so we watch him on the webcams. My family love all the pandas, and congrats to beautiful Bai on the new cub, but Mei Sheng will be going back and so no longer on the webcam. Please may we see him as much as possible before we lose him? My children love him and would have loved to visit, but it was not to be.

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:55:32 +0000

Will we be able to see enough of Mei Sheng before he goes back to China? We are loving watching his wonderful mother with her new cub but we will be losing Mei Sheng in October. These are out last chances to see him.

By: Sayuri

Sayuri — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:51:12 +0000

FYI – Mei Sheng will be the THIRD panda to be born outside of China and moved to China under the breeding loan programs. There was Hua Mei, and we all know that. Then, Yuhin from Adventure World moved to Chengdu in 2004 or 2005, I have to go and check for exact date. Anyway, you can say that Mei Sheng would be the SECOND panda to be born in the US to be moved to China or second to be moved to Wolong. And prior to this current program, I understand that one of the off-springs from Ueno Zoo moved to Beijing. In exchange, Ling Ling (current resident male) was sent to Ueno.

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:33:45 +0000

Thank you to the Meerkats that we are getting a shot of Mei Sheng having his late night snack. As his date of departure approaches, I am sure that everyone appreciates more images of him in his daily routines to remind us how special he has been to us.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:07:40 +0000

Cathy #36 thanks for sharing your first-hand personal observation of the living conditions at Wolong. Since I read a year or so ago that Hua Mei had special accomodations for at least a while after she arrived, mainly to help her acclimate to her new surroundings, hopefully Mei Sheng will also. He is equally genetically valuable and therefore will receive ” special attention.” Besides, they know that they are being closely watched by their comrades at SDZ and the pandaholic community. They know they have a good partnership going, and they will want to keep ” Western” funds coming in to fund their conservation projects. They will be sure Mei Sheng is taken good care of, and with continued great nutrition and veterinary care, he will live to a good old age in good shape like Shi Shi has.

By: P Wong

P Wong — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:19:03 +0000

Conversation with Gao Gao #21

Tourist: Hello, Gao Gao.
Gao Gao: Hello, Mr. Tourist.
T: Hey. Who’s that on your dating website?
G: Oh, it’s Wolong’s little Mei Niang, means ” beautiful maiden.”
T: Such a sharp photo.
G: Yup. We’ve got the best of technologies nowadays.
T: So does she have a Western name, too?
G: Yes, it’s Helen of Troy.
T: Are you serious?
G: And one of her admirers is Paris.
T: So I suppose she has other admirers like Menelaus and Odysseus?
G: Yes. And Xerxes, Agamemnon, Henry VIII.
T: Henry VIII?
G: Yes, Henry VIII.
T: Why Henry VIII?
G: Well, I advised him against Ulysses S. Grant.
T: He chose Ulysses S. Grant? Why not just Ulysses?
G: He wanted something Anglo.

By: Cathy G. (LA)

Cathy G. (LA) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:39:03 +0000

It will be a big loss for us when Mei Sheng goes to China, but there are some nice areas with big trees and a wild forest feeling to them where some of the adult pandas live at the Breeding Center in Wolong. Except for the fact those areas have to be fenced-in, they are natural panda habitat and are very suitable for the adults. They are still monitored and their well-being is important to the Chinese scientists and keepers who oversee their welfare.

Hopefully, Mei Sheng will be able to live in one of those places at least part of the time! I’d like to find out at what age the pandas are allowed to start living there, since I don’t recall it being mentioned here in the past or when some of us went to Wolong. I did take some pictures of grown pandas eating ‘boo in two of the closer-in places at Wolong where visitors can see them. It looked like a good place for our black-and-white friends!

By: Sayuri

Sayuri — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:56:40 +0000

It’s time for our teenager to leave home and head for college, so that he can learn to be a panda. At least in Wolong, they’ll think he’s ” different” only because he was born and raised in America. I think he’s still young enough to play with other kids, and I hope he gets to. I hope his new home will have lots of tall trees.

Now I have to start saving money for my Wolong vacation…

By: barbara

barbara — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:51:16 +0000

I think that P.Wong should weigh in with a chat from the ladies of wolong about the impending arrival of Mei Sheng and what they have heard about him. Like all of us i will sure miss seeing him on the cam with that smile on his face, maybe that smile is because of what he knows will be waiting for him in China. Pamela G I agree with you that all the good things is because of the great start they got at SDZ that says alot about all the keepers, researchers and vets and all of you who watch over our babies. China look out here comes Mei Sheng.