Pambassador News
Er Shun & Da Mao debuted @ Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo is very pleased to announce that the Giant Panda Experience, the new home of Er Shun and Da Mao, opened officially on May 18, 2013. Before you get up close to Canada’s adorable new giant panda pair, you will have the chance to take in the new, state-of-the-art Panda Interpretive Centre.This climate
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Recent Posts
- Er Shun & Da Mao debuted @ Toronto Zoo
- A Bao & De De arrived in Chengdu
- Despidete Po & De De: A Goodbye Madrid Tribute Movie
- Er Shun & Da Mao have settled in very well
- Despidete Po y De De
- Memories of Po & De De
- CNTV Cooperates with Chengdu Panda Base to Launch “Giant Panda Channel”
- Ming Bang & Shu Lin moved to Liuzhou City Zoo
- National Zoo will upgarde their panda cams
- Funi Proves Ready for Motherhood
Panda Zoo News
Er Shun & Da Mao debuted @ Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo is very pleased to announce that the Giant Panda Experience, the new home of Er Shun and Da Mao, opened officially on May 18, 2013. Before you get up close to Canada’s adorable new giant panda pair, you will have the chance to take in the new, state-of-the-art Panda Interpretive Centre.This climate
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A Bao & De De arrived in Chengdu
Po & De De arrived safely in Chengdu on May 18, 2013. The only surviving panda twins outside of Asia left their birth town Madrid on the evening of May 16, 2013. A TNT-truck transported the pandas and their keeper Alejandro Cabrera from Madrid through Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands to Schiphol Airport. After
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Despidete Po & De De: A Goodbye Madrid Tribute Movie
Po & De De were born on September 7, 2010 @ Zoo Madrid. They left their birth town on May 16, 2013 and moved to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Here is a ‘Goodbye Madrid Tribute Movie’.
Er Shun & Da Mao have settled in very well
Er Shun and Da Mao have settled in very well to their new habitat at the Toronto Zoo. Here is an update by Maria Franke, Toronto Zoo’s Curator of Mammals: They are eating a lot of bamboo and they both like the Aurea species. They are currently getting young bamboo growth and they both Love
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Despidete Po y De De
A goodbye party ‘Despidete Po y De De’ was held on Saturday May 11, 2013 at Zoo Madrid. The young pandas will leave Madrid on May 16, 2013. The celebration started with a Chinese dancing dragon, to wish Po and De De goodluck for their journey to Chengdu, China. Visitors could write their wishes to
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Memories of Po & De De
Po & De De were born on September 7, 2010 at Zoo Madrid. The panda twins will leave their birth town on May 16, 2013 and move to their parents native home, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Here are my photo memories of Po & De De… It will give you the
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CNTV Cooperates with Chengdu Panda Base to Launch “Giant Panda Channel”
China Network Television, or CNTV, and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding inked an agreement in Beijing on April 11, 2013 to jointly develop the “Giant Panda Channel.” Chengdu Panda Base Director Zhang Zhihe and General Manager of CNTV Wang Wenbin, who is also vice -president of China International Television Corporation and Chief of
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Ming Bang & Shu Lin moved to Liuzhou City Zoo
Ming Bang, born at Adventure World, Japan, and Shu Lin moved from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to the Liuzhou City Zoo where they will reside for five years. They arrived on March 28, 2013. Source: Chengdu Panda Base http://www.panda.org.cn/china/news/news/2013-03-28/989.html
National Zoo will upgarde their panda cams
The National Zoo’s panda cams, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund, are going to be gradually ugraded. But in order to make the changes the cams will be turned off for a few weeks. The cams will most likely go dark around at the end of May and come back online in mid-June. We
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Funi Proves Ready for Motherhood
From mid January to the beginning of March, Funi, Adelaide Zoo’s female panda, went through her second pseudo-pregnancy, which saw her experience all the things she would if actually pregnant. Symptoms included hormonal fluctuations, loss of appetite and prolonged episodes of sleep. This is very normal for female pandas to go through even if they
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Po & De De will leave Madrid soon…
Po & De De, the world’s only panda twins outside of Asia, will soon leave their birth town Madrid and move to their parents home town Chengdu. Po & De De were born on September 7, 2010. Bing Xing & Hua Zui Ba’s sons are ready now to move to China and will leave Spain
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Xiu Hua died
Xiu Hua died at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City on Saturday April 27, 2013. The daughter of Pe Pe & Ying Ying who was born in Mexico on June 25, 1985 became 27 years old. She was the fourth cub to be born at the Chapultepec Zoo, the most succesfull panda breeding center outside
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Artificial Insemination @ Zoo Madrid
Hua Zui Ba, Zoo Madrid’s female panda came in estrus on Saturday April 20, 2013. Her behavior and hormone levels pointed out that it was the right time for breeding. Zoo Madrid’s first option has been the natural mating, and although male panda Bing Xing showed more interest in the female, there wasn´t a successfull
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Toronto Zoo and Chinese Cultural Centre Opens Toronto Stock Exchange Market
Dr. Ming-Tat Cheung, Chair & President, Chinese Cultural Centre (CCC) and John Tracogna, CEO, Toronto Zoo joined Robert Fotheringham, Senior Vice President, Equities Trading, Toronto Stock Exchange to open the market on April 22, 2013 to welcome giant panda pair Er Shun and Da Mao to the Toronto Zoo. The conservation loan between China and
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Edinburgh Zoo Carries Out UK’s First Panda Artificial Insemination Procedure
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), the conservation charity that owns and manages Edinburgh Zoo, is proud to announce that it carried out the first artificial insemination procedure on a giant panda in the UK on Sunday morning. Following advice from Chinese panda mating expert, Professor Wang from the China Conservation and Research Centre
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6.6 Earthquake near Ya’an
On April 20th, 2013 an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 occurred in the Sichuan Province of China. The epicenter was in Lu Shan, near Ya’an. The earthquake was noticed at the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP. CCRCGP reported that all pandas and staff members are safe! “Dr. Zhang Hemin told CCTV reporter
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San Diego Zoo News
Xiao Liwu Living Life in Front
For a couple of weeks now pandas Xiao Liwu and Bai Yun have been in the front/main viewing area of the San Diego Zoo’s Panda Trek. The cub is extremely good at climbing up to the top of the pine tree and has even found a spot that previous cubs would frequent to take a
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Zoo Atlanta News
Artificial Insemination @ Zoo Atlanta
Lun Lun entered her critically short fertility period yesterday. Zoo Atlanta’s Animal Management Team has been monitoring the 15-year-old bear for signs that her estrous cycle was approaching since her third cub, Po, was weaned in January. Time is of the essence in captive breeding of giant pandas, which are fertile for just two to
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National Zoo News
National Zoo will upgarde their panda cams
The National Zoo’s panda cams, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund, are going to be gradually ugraded. But in order to make the changes the cams will be turned off for a few weeks. The cams will most likely go dark around at the end of May and come back online in mid-June. We
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Memphis Zoo News
Artificial Insemination @ Memphis Zoo
Ya Ya was artificially inseminated a few weeks ago and Memphis zoo officials are watching her hormone levels to determine whether the procedure was successful. The insemination caused an initial hormone spike, and now officials are waiting for a second spike. That would be a positive indicator that she’s pregnant. The second spike occurs 60
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Chapultepec Zoo News
Xiu Hua died
Xiu Hua died at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City on Saturday April 27, 2013. The daughter of Pe Pe & Ying Ying who was born in Mexico on June 25, 1985 became 27 years old. She was the fourth cub to be born at the Chapultepec Zoo, the most succesfull panda breeding center outside
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Toronto Zoo News
Er Shun & Da Mao debuted @ Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo is very pleased to announce that the Giant Panda Experience, the new home of Er Shun and Da Mao, opened officially on May 18, 2013. Before you get up close to Canada’s adorable new giant panda pair, you will have the chance to take in the new, state-of-the-art Panda Interpretive Centre.This climate
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Tiergarten Schönbrunn News
Yang Yang & Long Hui mated again @ Zoo Vienna
Yang Yang & Long Hui, Tiergarten Schönbrunn / Zoo Vienna’s panda couple mated again last weekend! The Austrian panda pair is world-famous for their good breeding skills. Natural matings were seen on Sunday April 7 and Monday April 8, 2013. We now have to wait 3 until 6 months to know if Yang Yang will
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Zoo Madrid News
Despidete Po & De De: A Goodbye Madrid Tribute Movie
Po & De De were born on September 7, 2010 @ Zoo Madrid. They left their birth town on May 16, 2013 and moved to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Here is a ‘Goodbye Madrid Tribute Movie’.
Edinburgh Zoo News
Edinburgh Zoo Carries Out UK’s First Panda Artificial Insemination Procedure
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), the conservation charity that owns and manages Edinburgh Zoo, is proud to announce that it carried out the first artificial insemination procedure on a giant panda in the UK on Sunday morning. Following advice from Chinese panda mating expert, Professor Wang from the China Conservation and Research Centre
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ZooParc de Beauval News
One year pandas at Beauval
About a thousand visitors came to ZooParc de Beauval on Saturday January 26, 2013 to celebrate the first anniversary of the arrival of Huan Huan & Yuan Zi in France! These visitors enjoyed a special panda quiz and a movie of the pandas’ arrival on January 15, 2012. Yuan Zi received a special panda anniversary
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Adventure World News
Mei Bang & Yong Bang moved from Wakayama to Chengdu
Mei Bang (female, Mei Hin in Japanese) and Yong Bang (male, Ei Hin in Chinese) moved from their birthtown Wakayama to Chengdu on February 26, 2013. Mei Bang & Yong Bang are the first cubs of Rau Hin (Liang Bang in Chinese). The 2 pandas born are the 7th and the 8th panda born in
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Kobe Oji Zoo News
Ko Ko Memorial Statue @ Kobe Oji Zoo
The Kobe Oji Zoo has build a Memorial Statue for their beloved panda Ko Ko at their Panda Enclosure. Ko Ko died at the Kobe Oji Zoo in Japan on September 9, 2010 after a semen-extraction procedure conducted as part of a program to impregnate his partner, Tan Tan. He keeps a special place in
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Ueno Zoo News
Ri Ri & Shin Shin mated
Ueno Zoo’s panda pair mated on March 11 & 12, 2013. Zoo staff saw the female Shin Shin and male Ri Ri, both 7 years old, mate Monday evening and again Tuesday morning. Kazuomi Nishikiori, director of education and information at Ueno Zoo, declared himself delighted with the animals’ progress. Last year a cub was
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Chiang Mai Zoo News
Lin Ping’s Gold Medal
Lin Ping, the female panda born at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand, won Gold in the category ‘Favorite Panda Outside of China’ in our Giant Panda Zoo Awards 2012. And this is how Chiang Mai Zoo celebrated Lin Ping’s Gold: On February 14, 2013, a parade was organised to bring Lin Ping’s Gold Medal
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Taipei Zoo News
Semen extraction in Taiwan
Taipei Zoo extracted semen from male giant panda Tuan Tuan and found that his sperm count is higher than it was last year. The zoo put together a team of eight experts for this procedure, including Chief Engineer Huang Yan of Wolong’s return to wild program; he will be on hand to assist in the
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River Safari News
Celebrate Kai Kai & Jia Jia’s first Chinese New Year in Singapore
Wildlife Reserves Singapore’s River Safari invites their fans to celebrate Kai Kai and Jia Jia’s first Chinese New Year in Singapore with these limited edition Chinese New Year Kai Kai and Jia Jia plushes! You may purchase them at House of Kai Kai & Jia Jia at the Giant Panda Forest exhibit in River Safari.
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Adelaide Zoo News
Funi Proves Ready for Motherhood
From mid January to the beginning of March, Funi, Adelaide Zoo’s female panda, went through her second pseudo-pregnancy, which saw her experience all the things she would if actually pregnant. Symptoms included hormonal fluctuations, loss of appetite and prolonged episodes of sleep. This is very normal for female pandas to go through even if they
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CRBGPB Chengdu Panda Base News
A Bao & De De arrived in Chengdu
Po & De De arrived safely in Chengdu on May 18, 2013. The only surviving panda twins outside of Asia left their birth town Madrid on the evening of May 16, 2013. A TNT-truck transported the pandas and their keeper Alejandro Cabrera from Madrid through Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands to Schiphol Airport. After
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CCRCGP Ya'an Bi Feng Xia Base News
6.6 Earthquake near Ya’an
On April 20th, 2013 an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 occurred in the Sichuan Province of China. The epicenter was in Lu Shan, near Ya’an. The earthquake was noticed at the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP. CCRCGP reported that all pandas and staff members are safe! “Dr. Zhang Hemin told CCTV reporter
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Chinese Panda Zoos News
Ming Bang & Shu Lin moved to Liuzhou City Zoo
Ming Bang, born at Adventure World, Japan, and Shu Lin moved from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to the Liuzhou City Zoo where they will reside for five years. They arrived on March 28, 2013. Source: Chengdu Panda Base http://www.panda.org.cn/china/news/news/2013-03-28/989.html
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