Jaguar Land Rover China supports RZSS Panda Project
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and Jaguar Land Rover China hosted their first Giant Panda Research Symposium this month. The three day event brought together 65 experts from institutes from around the world to create a five-year research plan for giant pandas. Topics discussed included field ecology, genetic management, artificial breeding and infant panda care, veterinary management and research, cognitive evolution and behavioural research. The symposium was a great success and its outcomes were very encouraging for all RZSS colleagues involved in giant panda care and conservation.
Jaguar’s £100,000 sponsorship will also include an education programme that aims to enhance Sino-UK relations. It will advocate cultural exchange by creating learning packs on Chinese culture and distributing them to students across the UK, setting up a unique Confucius China Classroom at Edinburgh Zoo, as well as funding a summer learning trip to China in 2014 for a select group of Scottish students.
Source: www.edinburghzoo.org.uk
