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Giant Panda Zoo History

 

• Discovery of the giant panda »

The french missionary Armand David introduced "the black and white bear from China" to the west in 1869.

 

• The first giant panda outside of China »

Su Lin arrived at the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, U.S.A on Februari 8, 1937.

 

• Giant panda breeding »

Cubs were born in China, Mexico City, Madrid, Washington D.C. Tokyo, Nanki-Shirahama,

San Diego, Atlanta, Kobe, Vienna & Chiang Mai

 

 

 

Tierpark Berlin

 

Berlin, Germany

 

Official website: www.tierpark-berlin.de

 

 

Giant Panda Zoo 1958

 

 

 

Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde

 

Tierpark Berlin is one of the two zoos in Berlin. It was founded in 1955.  It is located in Friedrichsfelde, on the former grounds of Friedrichsfelde Palace, in formal East Berlin.

 

 

 

 

 

   

History of Giant Pandas in East Berlin

 

Tierpark Berlin had 1 giant panda: Chi Chi

 

 

 

Chi Chi

 

Chi Chi (female) was born approximately in September 1954.

 

She has studbook number 18.

Her name means "Naughty, Mischievous Little Girl" in Chinese.

 

She was caught in Baoxing in the Sichuan mountains on May 5, 1955. She was only a few months old. She lived at the Beijing Zoo from June 4, 1955.

 

In 1958, Austrian animal dealer Heini Demmer, bought her from the Beijing Zoo. He toured with Chi Chi along several zoos in Europe: Zoo Frankfurt, Zoo Kobenhavn, Tierpark Berlin & London Zoo.

 

Chi Chi lived at Tierpark Berlin from August 2 until August 26, 1958

 

Heini Demmer sold her to London Zoo on September 30, 1958.

 

She went on a mating trip to An An in Moscow from March 11 until October 17, 1966, but without succes.

 

Chi Chi died on July 22, 1972 at London Zoo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Present of Tierpark Berlin

 

Visit www.tierpark-berlin.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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