Panda

Chuang Chuang enjoying his birthday cake during a 2007 birthday celebration in Chiang Mai Zoo - REX China is sending a team of panda experts to Thailand to investigate the death of Chuang Chuang, a 19-year-old panda who died unexpectedly.  Chuang Chuang col…

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Animal experts from China are to arrive at a Thai zoo on Thursday to investigate the unexpected death of a giant panda in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thai officials said. Photos on Wednesday showed Thai mourners and zoo staff laying…

BANGKOK: Animal experts from China are to arrive at a Thai zoo on Thursday (Sep 19) to investigate the unexpected death of a giant panda in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thai officials said. Photos on Wednesday showed Thai mourners and zoo staff laying fl…

Giant panda dies suddenly at Thai zoo

Kiki, a female red panda cub, who was about to get her vaccination Sept. 5, is held by Katie Kuhn, the Big Cat Country supervisor at Milwaukee County Zoo.  (Photo: Colin Boyle / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Kiki looked unfazed when a veterinarian armed with …

CHIANG MAI: It is life as normal for giant panda Lin Hui, who has exhibited no change of behaviour since the death of her mate Xung Xuang at Chiang Mai zoo on Monday. The atmosphere at the zoo's panda exhibition zone was quiet but sombre on Tuesday.  Zoo st…

BANGKOK (AP) Zoo staff in northern Thailand have donned black and white clothing and observed a minute of silence to mourn the sudden death of their popular male giant panda, who was on a long-term loan from China. Officials said Chuang Chuang collapsed Mond…

CHIANG MAI: Chiang Mai zoo was awaiting the arrival of Chinese experts before beginning the autopsy on Xuang Xuang, the ever-popular male giant panda that died on Monday. Sumet Kamolnoranart, deputy director of the Zoological Park Organisation, Wuttichai Mua…

Overseas, Joshua Wong has emerged as a prominent face of Hong Kong's months-long protests for full democracy. At home, he is just another protester. The 22-year-old activist, who rose to fame as a leader of democracy protests five years ago, speaks to a U.S.…

HONG KONG (AP) Overseas, Joshua Wong has emerged as a prominent face of Hong Kong’s months-long protests for full democracy. At home, he is just another protester. The 22-year-old activist, who rose to fame as a leader of democracy protests five years ago, s…