Ling Ling

Ling Ling (male) was born on September 5, 1985 at the Beijing Zoo.

He has studbook number 294.

His mother is Dai Dai (148) and his father is Lo Lo (186).

He was loaned to the Baoding Zoo from March 7 until April 16, 1987.

Later that year, he went on a a trip to the U.S.A. with Yun Yun.

They arrived at the Bronx Zoo, New York, on April 18 and moved to Busch Gardens, Tampa on November 5, 1987. They returned to the Beijing Zoo in April 1988.

On November 5, 1992 he was traded for the Japanese born You You. The Ueno Zoo, Tokyo became Ling Ling's new home.

After his Japanese mate Tong Tong died, he made three breeding trips to the Chapultepec Zoo to mate with their three females. He stayed in Mexico from January 29, 2001 unitil April 24, 2001, from November 12, 2001 until April 24, 2002 and from January 27, 2003 until April 26, 2003.

Ling Ling died on April 30, 2008 at the Ueno Zoo from an hart-attack.

Yun Yun

Yun Yun (female) was born approximately in September 1981.

She was captured on January 22, 1982 in Baoting and was transferred to Beijing Zoo on October 12, 1982. She was loaned to Los Angeles Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, Bronx Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Xian Zoo. She had 10 cubs (one of them is Ei Mei, who lives at Adventure World Shirahama, and she is also the grandmother of Ya Ya, who lives at Memphis Zoo).

Since February 26, 2004 she lives at Tianjin Zoo.