Panda poo is to be turned into tissue paper

Posted on 9:00pm Tuesday 2nd Jan 2018

We hear a lot more about recycling and reusing things these days so here's an interesting one for you:

Panda poo is to be turned into tissue paper.

A company situated in Sichuan in China hopes to market our love of pandas into a niche form of toilet tissue, napkins and other household products

The China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Sichuan has signed an agreement with Qianwei Fengsheng Paper to offer panda poo and food residue to the company, which will be turned into products we can use.

The food residue and panda poo from the bases in Dujiangyan, Wolong and Bifengxia are used to extract bamboo fibers. Pandas help the company extract fibre during the digestion process and it leaves the fibre in its poo.

Adult pandas can eat 12 to 15 kg of bamboo. About 4 hours later, that becomes 10 kg of poo. And pandas can generate about 50 kg of bamboo reisdue every day, when they eat as they spit out bamboo husks after chewing.

After being collected, the poo and residue will be boiled, pasteurised and turned into paper, it will be tested for bacteria before going on sale.

So turning this food residue and panda poo into tissue helps the Panda Research Centre to deal with the waste.

Adopt a Pangolin from the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation

Posted on 5:00pm Saturday 2nd Dec 2017

Here's a gift idea for a wildlife lover - adopt a pangolin from the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF)!

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal on the planet and need as much help as they can get. African Pangolins are poached for bushmeat, and for their scales which are used in traditional African medicine, as well as for trade to Asian markets.

Adopt Marimba, who represents all African Pangolins, and you'll be helping to raise worldwide awareness. You'll also support DSWF's two Pangolin protection projects in Zambia and Uganda. Marimba lives in Zambia. Here, DSWF funded the first ever Pangolin Protection Programme, that rescues and releases illegally taken Pangolins back into the wild.

Adopt a pangolin here from £32

Adopt a turtle; help turtle conservation

Posted on 8:10pm Sunday 12th Nov 2017

I'm just watching the brilliant Sir David Attenborough's Blue Planet II and was blown away by the beauty of the world and in particular the turtles.

With Christmas coming up, if you're looking for a gift for a wildlife lover who loves turtles, how about adopting a turtle for them as a present?

	Adopt a turtle from the Marine Conservation Society This adoption costs £36 and recipients receive an adorable fluffy turtle hatchling, a fact sheet and poster of turtles in the wild and a certificate of adoption. Also you get exclusive access to their Adopt-a-Turtle website which includes turtle satellite tracking, UK turtle sighting pages and some Turtley amazing activities. Click here to adopt a turtle
	Adopt a Turtle Family from the Born Free Foundation Help protect turtles in the waters off Tanzania. Recipients receive a Free cuddly toy - that's optional - plus a glossy photo of a turtle, a personalised certificate, the full story of the turtles, Adopt! magazine with updates, a Born Free window sticker and a Born Free folder. From £2.50 a month. Click here to Adopt a turtle from the Born Free Foundation
	Why not go on a turtle conservation holiday? If you would like to do something worthwhile in your holiday break, why not go on a turtle conservation holiday and help turtles? ResponsibleTravel.com has a number of holidays in Costa Rica, Greece, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Seychelles - and these include a couple for families. Visit ResponsilbeTravel.com here

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Adopt a pangolin here from £32