Premier Tanaka receives a gift from China

On October 28, 1972 Premier Kakuei Tanka received a goodwill gift from the chinese government, a couple of giant pandas: Lan Lan & Kang Kang.

Lan Lan (female) was born approximately in 1969.

She has studbook number 111.

She was captured in Baoxing in September 1971 and was transferred to the Beijing Zoo later that month.

She came to the Ueno Zoo on October 28, 1972 with Kang Kang.

Lan Lan died on September 4, 1979.

She was pregnant when she died… It was the first panda pregnancy outside of China. The foetus received studbook number 211.

Kang Kang (male) was born approximately in August 1971.

He has studbook number 122.

He was captured in Baoxing in February 1972 and was transferred to the Beijing Zoo later that month.

He came to the Ueno Zoo on October 28, 1972 with Lan Lan.

Kang Kang died on June 30, 1980.

 

 

Huan Huan

Huan Huan (female) was born approximately in 1973.

She has studbook number 162.

She was captured in Baoxing on February 5, 1975 and was transferred to the Beijing Zoo in May 1975.

She came to Ueno Zoo on January 23, 1980 as a new mate for Kang Kang.

Huan Huan is the mother of Chu Chu, Tong Tong & You You.

Huan Huan died on September 21, 1997.

 

 

Fei Fei

Fei Fei (male) was born approximately in 1967.

He has studbook number 183.

He was caputured in the Chinese Sichuan Province in October 1976.

He was transferred to the Beijing Zoo in 1977.

He came to Tokyo on November 9, 1982 as a new mate for Huan Huan.

Fei Fei is the father of Chu Chu, Tong Tong & You You.

Fei Fei died on December 14, 1994.

 

 

Chu Chu

Chu Chu (male) was born on June 27, 1985 at the Ueno Zoo.

He has studbook number 293.

His mother is Huan Huan (162) and his father is Fei Fei (183).

He is the second cub born at the Ueno Zoo.

Chu Chu died on June 29, 1985 when he was only 2 days old.

 

 

Tong Tong

Tong Tong (female) was born on June 1, 1986 at the Ueno Zoo.

She has studbook number 313.

Her mother is Huan Huan (162) and her father is Fei Fei (183).

She is the third cub born at the Ueno Zoo.

She was the first giant panda born outside in Japan who survived and she soon became Ueno Zoo’s most famous attraction!

Tong Tong died on July 8, 2000.

 

 

You You

You You (male) was born on June 23, 1988 at the Ueno Zoo.

He has studbook number 345.

His mother is Huan Huan (162) and his father is Fei Fei (183).

He is the fourth cub born at the Ueno Zoo.

It was great for the Ueno Zoo to have this family of 4, but they wanted the young pandas to have a chance to bread when they were growing up.

You You left Japan and moved to the Beijing Zoo on November 13, 1992.

He was the first giant panda born outside of china who moved to his parents native country China.

He was loaned to the Shijiazhu Zoo from September 19, 1997 until November 29, 1999.

You You died on March 4, 2004 at the Beijing Zoo.

 

 

Ling Ling

Ling Ling (male) was born on September 5, 1985 at the Beijing Zoo.

He has studbook number 294.

His mother is Dai Dai (148) and his father is Lo Lo (186).

He was loaned to the Baoding Zoo from March 7 until April 16, 1987.

Later that year, he went on a a trip to the U.S.A. with Yun Yun.

They arrived at the Bronx Zoo, New York, on April 18 and moved to Busch Gardens, Tampa on November 5, 1987. They returned to the Beijing Zoo in April 1988.

On November 5, 1992 he was traded for the Japanese born You You. The Ueno Zoo, Tokyo became Ling Ling’s new home.

After his Japanese mate Tong Tong died, he made three breeding trips to the Chapultepec Zoo to mate with their three females. He stayed in Mexico from January 29, 2001 unitil April 24, 2001, from November 12, 2001 until April 24, 2002 and from January 27, 2003 until April 26, 2003.

Ling Ling died on April 30, 2008 at the Ueno Zoo from an hart-attack.

Shuan Shuan

Shuan Shuan (female) was born on June 15, 1987 at the Chapultepec Zoo.

She has studbook number 332.

Her name means “Double Double” in Chinese.

Her mother is Ying Ying (165) and her father is Pe Pe (167).

She is the seventh cub to be born at the Chapultepec Zoo.

She went on a breeding loan to Ling Ling at the Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan from December 3, 2003 until September 26, 2005.