Big love

Gili Orr

Big love

The Giant Panda is an endangered species and highly threatened. According to the latest report (2007), China has 239 giant pandas in captivity (128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu), and another 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are currently living in the wild. However, a 2006 study, via DNA analysis, estimated that there might be as many as 2,000 to 3,000 pandas in the wild. Though reports show that the numbers of wild pandas are on the rise, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) believes there is not enough certainty to remove pandas from the endangered animal list. (Wikipedia)

This photo was taken in June 2008 in San Diego Zoo, California, with a Canon PowerShot S5 IS camera.

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Greeting Cards and Matted Prints

Big love by Gili Orr
Big love by Gili Orr
  • Sensiworld

    Sensiworld

    How sweet !

  • Gili Orr replied

    It WAS a very sweet moment. And they are beautiful creatures.

  • Jen7

    Jen7

    Awwwww cute. Animal love.

  • Gili Orr replied

    I can’t agree more… Such tenderness, eh? And the softness of the furs adds to the effect, I think.

  • Jamie Schwartz

    Jamie Schwartz

    It’s no wonder these magnificent animals are so loved….great capture.

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thank you Jamie! They are magnificent – and so rare nowadays :-( These are the first ones I have ever seen.

  • ~ Ademac

    ~ Ademac

    Great capture…...................

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thanx, Barssel! It was not easy to take, with all the people crowding in front of it and rocks and bushes standing in the way…

  • kathy s gillentine

    kathy s gillen...

    great shot Gili

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thanks, Kathy!!

  • Cora Wandel

    Cora Wandel

    Gili, where was this photo taken? For a moment I thought perhaps you had visited the zoo here in Washington, D.C. I love pandas, incredible picture and great words devoted to the endangered species. – Cora

  • Gili Orr replied

    Oh, this information got lost between the card and the print…. So I should avoid this seperation.
    This photo was taken in June 2008 in San Diego Zoo, California, with a Canon PowerShot S5 IS camera.
    Should I visit your zoo? Well, not this year, anyway;-)
    Thanks, Cora!!

  • Marleia Main

    Marleia Main

    How precious!!!! Love it : ))

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thanks, Marleia!!

  • mlynnd

    mlynnd

    I just love panda’s. What an adorable shot!

  • Gili Orr replied

    Love them too;-) Thanks!!

  • cdudak

    cdudak

    Had to give a comment, one of my most favorite bears. Such a cute shot….Kay

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thanks a lot, cdudak!

  • Tracey Colon

    Tracey Colon

    very cute! nice job

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thanks, Tracey!

  • Virginia N. Fred

    Virginia N. Fred

    Oh what a wonderful capture, how sweet..gina

  • Gili Orr replied

    Thanks, Gina!

  • schizomania

    schizomania

    oh so cute!!!

  • Lisawv

    Lisawv

    Beautiful capture of these gorgeous pandas.

  • Jenni Atkins-Stair

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