Bamboola the Panda

This is our B&W series of travel bugs. Nothing is ever as simple as black & white, is it? The mission of each is to make its way to the homeland of its relatives. Visiting other relatives along the way, and taking pictures, is a plus!

Our first release includes:

B&W 1 : Malila the White Pelican (North America)
B&W 2: Papai & Ayamay, Emperor Penguins (Antartica & South America)
B&W 3 : Zoey the Zebra (Africa)
B&W 4 : Bamboola the Giant Panda (China, Asia)
B&W 5: Tocke the Dalmatian (Croatia, southern central Europe)
B&W 6: Mohan the White Bengal Tiger (India, Asia)
B&W 7: MooJoos the Holsteiner cow (Holland, Europe)

More of the B&W series will find their way to caches across the universe in the future.

Giant Panda The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "cat-foot black-and-white") is a mammal classified in the bear family (Ursidae), native to central-western and southwestern China.[2] The Giant Panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. It once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing, and other development now restrict the Giant Panda to the mountains. The Giant Panda is an endangered species and highly threatened. According to the latest report, China has 239 Giant Pandas in captivity and another 27 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 Giant Pandas in the wild. Reports show that the numbers of wild pandas are on the rise,