1. "Every Journey Begins with the First Step" -- 2. Winter Days -- 3. Panda Politics -- 4. A Footnote to History -- 5. A Mountain of Treasure -- 6. In the Hollow of a Fir -- 7. Wei-Wei's World -- 8. Death in the Choushuigou -- 9. Travels in Panda Country -- 10. Zhen-Zhen Eats Bitterness -- 11. Tangjiahe -- 12. Crisis -- 13. Prisoners of Fate -- 14. Rent-a-Panda -- App. A In Search of the Kylin: The Endangered Wildlife of China -- App. B The Panda Is a Panda -- App. C Winter Birds Observed at Wuyipeng -- App. D Excerpts from the 1989 Panda Management Plan -- App. E Excerpts from Position Statements on Exhibition Loans of Giant Pandas
Summary:
Recounts the author's five year study of giant pandas and the problems facing those who are trying to save the species from extinction.
