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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The city of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, said Monday it is in the final stage of negotiations to lease a male giant panda from China following the death of Ko Ko in September last year at the municipality-run Kobe Oji Zoo. Deputy Mayor Yoshihiro Koshiba is scheduled to sign an accord in Beijing next Monday to
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One year ago, Kobe Oji Zoo’s beloved male panda Ko Ko died of asphyxiation. Ko Ko failed to recover from a semen-extraction procedure conducted as part of a program to impregnate his partner, Tan Tan on September 9, 2010. Panda fans in Japan still miss their panda friend and honoured him one year after his
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Kobe Oji Zoo held a farewell ceremony to their beloved panda Ko Ko on October 16, 2010. Since the day of Ko Ko’s death many people came to the zoo to bid farewell to him. The 14-year-old male panda died on September 9, 2010 of asphyxiation. Ko Ko failed to recover from a semen-extraction procedure
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The State Forestry Administration of China said on Saturday that Ko Ko died of asphyxiation.. The 14-year-old male panda died on September 9, 2010 at the Kobe Oji Zoo when Japanese veterinarians drugged him to collect sperm for artificial insemination. After Ko Ko’s death, the Chinese government immediately sent a panel of experts to Japan
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Ko Ko died at the Kobe Oji Zoo on September 9, 2010. He died of cardiac arrest after failing to recover from a semen-extraction procedure conducted as part of a program to impregnate his partner, Tan Tan. It happened three hours after he was given an anesthetic. A Chinese investigative team will be sent to
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Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yada announced yesterday that they extended their panda lease with 5 years. Tan Tan & Ko Ko will stay at the Kobe Oji Zoo until at least 2015. The official signing ceremony will take place in China on June 9, 2010.

Kobe Oji Zoo’s female panda, Tan Tan, is not pregnant. The zoo performed artificial insemination on Tan Tan on January 21, 22 & 23. In early April, an increased urinary hormone suspected the possibility of pregnancy, but the hormone level returned to normal in late April. The Kobe Oji Zoo has been conducting artificial insemination
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The Kobe Oji Zoo performed an artificial insemination on Tan Tan on January 21, 22 & 23.