GRAFFITI PROJECT PANDA JOURNAL 2006-2008

Ohhhhhh I only wish I had this forum back when I started my Bao Shi cub adoption 2 years ago!!! What a super way this is going to be to keep a permanent record of our babies as they grow and have babies of their own hopefully!!!

Here is a link to my many panda albums and jewelry designs I created to help me earn the $6000.00 it took to do a full adoption on Bao Shi. At first I wondered it it could be possible !!! Thanks to my incredible customers and friends (those words are interchangable around here!!!) a dream was brought to life!!!

http://www.graffitimagery.com/GRAFFITI_PROJECT_PANDA/PANDA_ADOPTION_2008.html

I thought I should post the article written about my adoption of Bao Shi here before I lose track of where it is on the Panda Base website

Here's the link to the article
http://www.panda.org.cn/english/news/news_view.asp?newsid=140

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Sandra Miller Adopts Giant Panda Bao Shi(08.3.3)
NEWS　　Time：2008-3-3 10:29:21　　admin　　点击：245
　　February 25, 2008, Sandra Miller, an American, visited the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and adopted a giant panda named Bao Shi.

　　 Ms. Miller visited the cub enclosures and the sub-adult enclosures. During the trip, a Base guide talked of many things concerning giant pandas. Finally, she came to the nursery facility where she had an intimate experience with the giant pandas – taking a picture together with the lovely animals. She loved the giant pandas very much, and the love was returned. One giant panda kept touching her face, making her so excited that her speech and behavior were filled with happiness.

　　At the end of the visit, Mr. Xia Zhenglin, the vice director of the Base, issued the certificate of adoption to Ms. Miller and took a picture with her. She named the adopted giant panda Bao Shi (precious stone).

　　Ms. Miller said this was the second time she had been to the Base. Last year when she was here on her first visit, she took a lot of pictures which she made into albums after she returned to the United States. Now she offered the albums as gifts to the Base, and the leaders of the Base expressed thanks for her care and love for giant pandas and for her concern with giant panda conservation.

　　Finally, Ms. Miller wished that Bao Shi would grow happily and healthily, and promised to see Bao Shi frequently.


　　Sandra Miller having an intimate experience with Bao Shi




　　Ms. Miller’s friend having an intimate experience with Bao Shi





　　Sandra Miller with her friend carrying bamboo




　　Mr. Xia Zhenglin, vice director of the Base, issuing the certificate of adoption to Ms. Miller




　　Translated by Xiao Sheng
　　English edited by E.H. King