Well its awards season again, and so time for the return of the Giant Panda Zoo Awards for 2013. Not that I knew there were previous awards for this, but apparently there has been - see the 2012 winners here: Giant Panda Zoo Awards 2012: Gold, Silver & Bronze Winners | www.GiantPandaZoo.com The awards to be voted for this year are: Award 1: Panda Cub of the Year Award 2: Favourite Panda in China Award 3: Favourite ‘Returned’ Panda Award 4: Favourite Panda Outside of China Award 5: Panda Personality of the Year: “The Bear” Award 6: Panda Personality of the Year: “The Human” Award 7: Panda Keeper of the Year Award 8: Favourite Panda Enclosure Award 9: Favourite Panda Charity Award 10: Panda Moment of the Year To see the nominees and to vote see the official website here: Giant Panda Zoo Awards 2013: Voting is open! | www.GiantPandaZoo.com Voting closes 14 January.
I would have liked to rerun Xiao Liwu for Award 1: Panda Cub of the Year . She already ran last year but she's too cute. The San Diego zoo enclosure is up for Award 8: Favorite Panda Enclosure too IMO. I 'd also liked to nominate Xiao Liwu's birthday party for Award 10: Panda Moment of the Year. Screenshot taken using Pocket Zoo for Android
I really don't understand why this hasn't gotten more attention here? Seriously though, its good marketing for the zoos involved, and obviously interests the public - apparently almost 250,000 votes were cast in this years awards, and many winning zoos have mentioned this on their Facebook pages and in media releases: Winners announced here: Giant Panda Zoo Awards 2013 – The Winners | www.GiantPandaZoo.com The winners for favourite enclosure were: 1st: Zooparc de Beauval (France), 2nd: Smithsonian National Zoo (USA), 3rd: Zoo Madrid (Spain). So that gives an idea of the knowledge and expertise behind the awards...
