Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/08/15/disneys-animal-kingdom-celebrates-the-birth-of-a-gorilla/" target="_blank"><b>8/15/14: Disney's Animal Kingdom Celebrates the Birth of a Gorilla</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's things like this that reminds me that there's still a lot of really great stuff going on in WDW. Even as the franchises invade every imaginable location, there are still some glimmers of the edutainment and top-notch facilities that made Disney famous
Originally Posted By Ifzorro68 Such a cute baby, always a thrill to see a magnificent animal like this add one more of its species to the world. I wish Disney and China would join forces to also be part of the conservation and breeding program for Pandas. After the first time I saw the habitats in DAK for many of its animals I imagined a whole new section of animal kingdom dedicated to the diverse animals of China. A very large habitat for Captive pandas would probably be quite an experience and definitely much better than some of the small habitats I have seen in other zoos that are part of the program
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that it would be great to see them get pandas. I saw the pandas at the National Zoo in DC and was quite underwhelmed with their habitat; I think Disney could do a much better job, at least from a design perspective I know that a large part of the reason to build Shanghai Disneyland was to get a permanent and visible Disney presence in mainland China to act as a foot in the door to other opportunities (including stopping copyright infringement). I wonder if that relationship could help lead to getting pandas
