Baby Panda's just like human cubs

Now isn't this amazing?

Isnt' this reason enough to protect the pandas?

Baby Polar bears are almost as cute

Comfort Seeking Bears

Follow this link to see how a bear really wants to live.




The green House cat thinks bears should live in the woods, but, we know bears like comfort

Stephen Kohlbear not Colbert

The California Living Museum
is having a name the bear contest.

It's been suggested he be named Stephen Coal Bear by one blogger.

Not us.

So, give to stephen Coal Bear

Ursus Urbanis

the new york times paper

reports on how bears are urbanizing and realizing that breakfast bars are much more tasty than raw berries and that a hot breakfast is good for a bear.

the money quote here :"Ms. Bryant recalls one morning feeling a nudge on her elbow while stirring oatmeal. A bear wanted breakfast."

Xiang Xiang going bravely to his death

See here, the chinese mob hurling xiang xiang into the woods, note the
soldier wielding a shield and club, you know xiang xiang had been
severely beaten before the "panda Sacrifice"

Captive Bred Panda Murdered

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=458957&in_page_id=1811

The world's only artificially bred panda living in the wild has plunged to its death - and may have been 'murdered' by other pandas.

Five-year-old Xiang Xiang was released into the wild a few months ago as part of China's plan to save the endangered species.

But the male panda, whose name means 'auspicious', was found dead in snow in the mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan, 40 days after scientists picked up its trace for the last time via a wireless tracking device.

The bear was covered in bite injuries, according to scientists.

Let's all have a moment of silience for XIang Xiang, sent from the comfort of his breeding center into the terrible
wilds.

any oldie but a goodie

This is what happens when you sit around at the barber shop and find the 5 year old National Geographic there.
What od we find ? A Bear Daddie. Well, a bear foster parent. Good thing he doesn't have to go to the
court for adoption proceedings.

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/03/01/html/ft_20020301.5.html

for those who don't watch animal planet here is the leadup up to the documentary "papa bear"

Pampered Panda's love easy street

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/OB-AJ628_PANDAS_20070420184902.jpg

The Wall Street Journal claims China's couch raised, indoor panda's from the breeding program don't do well
in the forest once released? Well of course, they like food from the trough, and life on the couch.

The programs call for the captivity-bred pandas to be released into the wild. But things don’t always turn out well for animals unacquainted with the law of the jungle. Consider the case of four-year-old Xiang Xiang. He was bred in captivity and released into a bamboo forest last spring. Apparently, he was too soft for the wild. Xiang Xiang was bitten by a wild panda in a fight, forcing zookeepers to rescue him and patch him up. It seems that he later broke his leg falling from a tree he was trying to climb to escape another forest brawl. Xiang Xiang’s present whereabouts are unknown — zoo officials suspect his radio collar malfunctioned.

The WSJ doesn't see the inherent cuteness of panda's and their innate desire for preslived bamboo

urgent polar bear action

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/6/215921/7724

follow the link and act fast

Knut on Wonkettehttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

It looks like our fair Butterstick has lapsed into, dare I say it, uncute! Bear of choice is now Kanut, the cutie at the Berlin zoo.

So funny...see it here. Wonkette

bear porn

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/193552/panda_porn_fails_to_heighten_captive.html

In Thailand, there are two hot furry bodies getting it on---on-screen, that is. But this image is failing to elicit the response that zookeepers are hoping for. At the Chiang Mai Zoo in Northern Thailand, Chuang Chuang the panda has been exposed to what zookeepers have branded "Panda Porn."

Call in Stephen Colbert

Thanks to www.towncalleddobson.com

And for those who don't watch the Cobert report (Pronounced "Coal-Bear"), he
always has a thing about bears as a threat to the nation

Vanity Bear

April is Panda Month at the National Zoo

Not that every month is not panda month here in Washington, but the Zoo has dedicated the month of April to celebrating our cuddly town mascots.

In other Washington news, Washington Dulles International Airport now has direct air service to China. China uses the panda as a national symbol.....coincidence? I think its a bear-spiracy.

Smithsonian National Zoo

Republicans Use Bears as a Prop in War Against Clinton

In an effort to characterize Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as a panderer to special interests, the Republican National Committee has enlisted a junior aide (poor bastard) to stand outside Clinton fundraising events in a panda costume.

I roundly disapprove of using bears as a political prop, especially in D.C. and especially pandas. The panda has become a symbol of Washington that we all can love: black, white, Democratic, and Republican. In these highly divisive times in this city it is important for us to have a symbol to love. It's use in this manner is confusing and inappropriate.

Not only that, but it is highly uncreative and unoriginal. The RNC tried the same tactic when Bill Clinton ran for office. Maybe they needed to reuse the costume to justify the expense. I don't know.

WaPo

boobies and Bears

http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=51&cat=47&id=860622&more=


Nanaimo author Lyn Hancock will be talking boobies and bears during a presentation to the Nanaimo Paddlers monthly meeting.

Panda Poop Paper

The Washington Post reports that Chinese panda reserchers are looking for a firm to help them produce paper from the "wastes" produced by the bamboo munching bears. The reserchers got the idea from a Thai zoo which is producing paper from elephant wastes.

I'd buy Panda paper, would you?

WaPo
Elephant Poo Paper

Colbert Mini-threat Down

more bears

Polar Bear Cub takes Berlin by Storm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/24/wknut24.xml

Knut, the polar bear cub at the centre of an animal rights row, was greeted by hoards of school children yesterday as he made his public debut at the Berlin Zoo yesterday.

polar bears in trouble

Polar bear may be listed as 'endangered'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is calling for polar bears to be listed as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
A U.S. Interior Department source, who did not want to be identified, told The Washington Post that the government would soon make the request public in the Federal Register, opening the door to hearings.
The filing will just meet a 2-year deadline in response to lawsuits from three environmental groups that claimed the government was dragging its feet on the animals' status, the Post said.
The filing acknowledges global warming is responsible for rapid loss of Arctic sea ice, which the bears use as a living and feeding platform. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials have warned polar bears could be endangered within 45 years as the Arctic ice recedes.
Scientists say there are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in 19 separate populations worldwide, about 4,700 of which live in Alaska. Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland) and Norway have the balance.

Bush Adminstration to Endanger Grizzly Bears

Recent news reports say the Bush Administration is going to lift protection
on the grizzly bears of yellowstone. Scientists, environmentalists and Bear-lovers
are protesting


http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070323-14365600-bc-us-grizzlies-crn.xml

Grizzly bears taken off Yellowstone list
DENVER, March 23 (UPI) -- U.S. wildlife officials say there are so many grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, they are no longer considered a threatened species.
There are now more than 500 grizzlies in a 14,000-square-mile region in and around the park, USA Today reported.
They will be taken off the endangered-species list by late April and gray wolves will be removed from the list by the end of year, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services said.
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition and the Natural Resources Defense Council say climate change and human encroachment are still a threat to the grizzlies. The NRDC told USA Today it may sue for continued federal protection.
The National Wildlife Federation hailed the announcement as "a testament to the resilience of grizzly bears," the newspaper said.
An estimated 50,000 grizzlies once roamed the western half of North America but only 136 remained in the Yellowstone area in 1975 when they were listed as threatened. About 1,200 grizzlies now roam the contiguous United States.