The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province moved giant panda Tao Tao to its new home Thursday morning for the third and final stage of wild training, a key stage for releasing it into the wild. Accompanied by his mother Cao Cao, Tao Tao was
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Qing Qing had her first estrus this year at the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP. Qing Qing was born on February 23, 2007 after the world’s longest gestation for a giant panda (324 days). Her mother Ji Ni was 14 years old and it was her first birth. Wu Gang and Lu Lu,
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Cui Cui and Duo Duo have left Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo to go back to Sichuan to mate and have cubs at the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP. Both pandas were both born in 2006 in Wolong. After the earthquake of May 2008, Cui Cui and Duo Duo, along with Cui Cui’s twin
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3 giant pandas from the CCRCGP moved to a new panda facility. Min Min, Ge Ge and Zhen Zhen were transferred to Mount Emei on March 30, 2012. At the Emei Xianzhi Zhujian Ecological Park near Leshan, a new panda hall was build. Here is the description: The Xianzhi Zhujian Panda Hall was built in
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CCRCGP published this interesting article about gene exchange between the different panda centres. With the approaching of spring, Wolong’s giant pandas are rutting one after another. This year, the CCRCGP launches a new round of giant panda breeding plan to make them mate reasonably. Now, giant panda breeding is not a problem. But how to
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Lin Lin, son of Bai Xue and Pan Pan, returned to the CCRCGP after six years at the CRBGPB. Lin Lin was born at Wolong on August 2, 1997. On January 1, 2006 Lin Lin was send to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding while Shi Shi went to Wolong. Before Lin Lin’s
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The mating season started early this year at CCRCGP Bi Feng Xia! Ying Ying, a 20 year old wild born panda, showed estrus signs on January 25. On January 31 two wild born males were given access to Ying Ying, first Yi Bao, then Wu Gang who showed no interest in mating and they had
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Two years ago, 2 of the United States’ most famous pandas moved to their parents native country China. Tai Shan & Mei Lan left their birth towns on February 4, 2010 to participate in the giant panda breeding program. I already shared my pictures of Mei Lan from my visit to Chengdu last November, here
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Pandas International announced today a partnership with Explore.org and their live video feed from Ya’an Bifengxia Panda Base. Now you can watch four adorable toddlers from two high definition cameras. And coming soon: two more cameras will watch five cubs! Lose yourself in panda heaven with live video streamed daily between 5 p.m. and 4
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Fu Long was born at Tiergarten Schönbrunn / Zoo Vienna on August 23, 2007. The first son of Yang Yang & Long Hui moved to the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP on November 18, 2009. With the start of the year of the dragon, it looks like an excellent time to publish my
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