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Kobe Oji Zoo
Kobe, Japan
Official website: www.ojizoo.jp
Kobe Oji Zoo
Kobe Oji Zoo opened in Sunwayama Park in 1928.
In 1951 it reopened at its current location.
It is the home of about 200 species, 1000 animals.
Giant Pandas in Kobe
Kobe Oji Zoo has 2 giant pandas: Tan Tan & Ko Ko
Tan Tan
Tan Tan (female) was born on September 16, 1995 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong..
She has studbook number 434.
Her birth name given in China was Dan Dan.
Her mother is Dong Dong (358) and her father is Zhen Zhen (306)
She came to the Kobe Oji Zoo on July 16, 2000 with Ko Ko I.
They came to Kobe on a 10 year breeding loan.
Tan Tan gave birth to a cub in 2007 and in 2008.
Ko Ko II
Ko Ko (male) was born on September 14, 1995 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong.
He has studbook number 433.
His birth name given in China was Long Long.
Ko Ko means recovery ("fukko") from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which wreaked havoc on the port city. The city of Kobe decided to name him Ko Ko when he arrived in Kobe because the "original" Ko Ko took his birth name of Jin Zhu back when he returned to China.
His mother is Jia Jia (230) and his father is Pan Pan (308).
He came to the Kobe Oji Zoo on December 9, 2002.
Ko Ko is the father to the cubs who were born at the Kobe Oji Zoo in 2007 and in 2008.
History of Giant Pandas in Kobe
Short term loan
In 1981, a couple of giant pandas was on a short term loan to the Kobe Oji Zoo. Zhai Zhai (male) & Rong Rong (female) appeared at the opening festivities of Kobe's Portopia.
Ko Ko I
Ko Ko (female) was born on August 12, 1996 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong.
She has studbook number 437.
Her birth name given in China was Jin Zhu.
Her mother is Yong Ba (397) and her father is Pan Pan (308).
She came to the Kobe Oji Zoo on July 16, 2000 with Tan Tan.
They came to Kobe on a 10 year breeding loan.
On December 5, 2002, Ko Ko I was sent back to the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong because of his lack of reproductive tendences. In China they discovered "he" was a female...
She was transferred to the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of CCRCGP on October 22, 2003 and returned to the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong on December 5, 2004
She moved to the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of CCRCGP on January 16, 2007.
On August 6, 2007 she gave birth to twin cubs Jin Xin (672) & Jin Yi (673).
Cub 2007
On August 12, 2007 Tan Tan gave birth to a stillborn cub
He has studbook number 677.
His mother is Tan Tan (434) and his father is Ko Ko (433).
Cub 2008
On August 26, 2008 Tan Tan gave birth to a cub.
It was worldwide news, the first cub born in Japan after artificial insimination in 20 years. But the cub died on August 29, 2008...
His mother is Tan Tan (434) and his father is Ko Ko (433).
The pictures of Ko Ko I are made by Hideyasu Kanemitsu.
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