Taipei Zoo yesterday started an artificial insemination program for giant pandas Tuan Tuan (團團) and Yuan Yuan (圓圓) following a failed attempt to prepare them for mating on Friday night. The two pandas had been placed in the same room on Friday night to encourage them to mate after Yuan Yuan, the female panda, showed
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San Diego Zoo’s director of reproductive physiology, Barbara Durrant, wrote this blog post about her visit to Taipei Zoo and it’s 2nd Cross-Strait Symposium: I was fortunate to be invited to participate in a workshop for the veterinary and curatorial staff at the Taipei Zoo and to give a talk on giant panda conservation at
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Tuan Tuan & Yuan Yuan, the pandas at the Taipei Zoo in the Republic of China – Taiwan had their birthday celebration. Female Yuan Yuan will become 7 years old on August 30, and male Tuan Tuan, will become 7 on September 1. Yuan Yuan received the tart with tips of bamboo leaves around it,
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After an examination by an expert from mainland China, it was determined that Yuan Yuan from Taiwan is not pregnant. Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan have been in Taiwan since the end of 2008, Tuan Tuan is Hua Mei’s first born cub, he and his twin brother Mei Ling were born in 2004. They are
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Yuan Yuan at Taipei Zoo has lost her appetite somewhat, is sleeping more than usual and has been behaving like a cat on hot bricks since last week, the chief zookeeper said Thursday. “We can only say at the moment there is a possibility that she may be pregnant,” said Taipei Zoo Director Jason Yeh.
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The panda bears at the Taipei Zoo got a treat of 300 kilograms of wild bamboo shoots from the Hualien County Government April 30. Jason Yeh, zoo director, revealed that Yuanyuan, the female panda at the zoo, underwent artificial insemination at the beginning of the year, and that in about two weeks it will be
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The Taipei Zoo collected sperm from its male giant panda Wednesday for future artificial insemination after its female panda went into heat but failed to excite her mate earlier this week, zoo officials said. The zoo collected sperm from Tuan Tuan, one of the two pandas given by China in 2008 to signify improved relations
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On December 23, 2008 the couple of giant pandas arrived at Taipei Zoo, Taiwan. The giant pandas will live at Taipei Zoo’s Xinguang Special Exhibit House. Tuan Tuan & Yuan Yuan are a gift from the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of China (Taiwan), to improve the relationship between the two countries.