Chinese Panda Zoos News

Zhuang Mei catches a bird in Shanghai

May 4th, 2012 | By
Zhuang Mei catches a bird in Shanghai

On March 27, 2012, LeoUU, was at the Shanghai Zoo. She took some pictures of Zhuang Mei who catched a bird. LeoUU thinks it was a sparrow, and the two other pandas, Min Min and A Ling, didn’t want to have anything to do with the bird… But Zhuang Mei reminds us to the fact
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Duo Duo & Ya Xiang moved to Shijiazhuang

May 2nd, 2012 | By
Duo Duo & Ya Xiang moved to Shijiazhuang

Duo Duo and Ya Xiang have been moved from Bifengxia to the Zoo in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. Duo Duo, You You’s daughter born in 2006 in Wolong, was at the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo with Cui Cui, they left on April 5, 2012 to go back to Sichuan. Ya Xiang, born at the Chengdu Base
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Lan Bao returns to Lanzhou after two years treatment in Xi’an

May 1st, 2012 | By
Lan Bao returns to Lanzhou after two years treatment in Xi’an

A giant panda raised by the Lanzhou Zoo returned home on Tuesday night after spending two year’s medical leave in Xi’an of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The giant panda, named Lanbao, weighed 63.4 kilograms and stood 65 centimeters upon its return, a status of his healthy condition. “After receiving medical treatment in Xi’an, his health
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Cui Cui & Duo Duo left Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo

Apr 6th, 2012 | By
Cui Cui & Duo Duo left Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo

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 pandas moved to Mount Emei

Apr 1st, 2012 | By
3 pandas moved to Mount Emei

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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Panda Blood Collection @ Fuzhou Panda World

Mar 26th, 2012 | By
Panda Blood Collection @ Fuzhou Panda World

Fuzhou Panda World and the other panda centers have been working on establishing a Giant Panda blood bank in order to have blood to treat pandas suffering from severe anemia, diseases, loss of blood from a fight or, like humans, blood transfusion treatment. On these pictures experts at Fuzhou Panda World are showing the process
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Chongqing panda cub named San Shun

Mar 22nd, 2012 | By
Chongqing panda cub named San Shun

Ya Ya’s cub who was born at the Chongqing Zoo on September 4, 2011 was named San Shun. Click here to see more pictures of San Shun in Chongqing made by jd-panda @ flickr Source: http://pic.cqwb.com.cn/NewsFiles/201202/25/888884_1.shtml



AI @ Ocean Park HongKong

Mar 3rd, 2012 | By
AI @ Ocean Park HongKong

Le Le and Ying Ying from Ocean Park in HongKong were not successful at mating the natural way, so they got some human help in the form of artificial insemination. “Over the next few months we will closely monitor Ying Ying’s vital signs and we expect to observe signs of pregnancy,” said Suzanne Gendron, head
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Le Le & Ying Ying have been given some privacy

Feb 28th, 2012 | By
Le Le & Ying Ying have been given some privacy

Hong Kong’s pandas Le Le and Ying Ying have been given some privacy away from the prying eyes of tourists this week in a bid to encourage them to mate, their handlers said Tuesday. Ocean Park aquarium and animal theme park closed its panda exhibit for three days from Monday after Ying Ying started showing
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Fu Fu moves from Fuzhou to Chengdu Panda Base

Feb 20th, 2012 | By
Fu Fu moves from Fuzhou to Chengdu Panda Base

Fu Fu was transfered from Fuzhou Panda World to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on February 16, 2012. Fu Fu’s going away cake was decorated with seven bamboo sticks, six heart-shaped apple slices and two small pandas that represented, respectively, his 7 years in Fuzhou, the six keepers who took care of
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