Panda

BANGKOK (AP) — A giant panda on long-term loan from China died in a zoo in northern Thailand on Wednesday, six months before she was due to return home, officials from the Chiang Mai Zoo said. The cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear but she appeared to…

published : 19 Apr 2023 at 12:01 Panda Lin Hui enjoys a special cake made for her birthday, at Chiang Mai Zoo on Sept 28 last year. (Photo: Chiang Mai Zoo) Giant panda Lin Hui, the star attraction at Chiang Mai Zoo, died on Wednesday morning. She was 21 years…

If you’ve followed recent panda-related news, chances are you’ve come across Ya Ya – the giant panda who is set to return to China from Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, United States.  Born in 2000, female panda Ya Ya has been in Memphis Zoo since 2003, along with male panda Le…

Visitors at the Memphis Zoo said goodbye Saturday to giant panda Ya Ya during a farewell party ahead of her departure back to China. Highlighted by Chinese cultural performances, the sendoff marked the end of a 20-year loan agreement with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens that landed Ya Ya…

Author of the article: Published Apr 08, 2023  •  1 minute read MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors at the Memphis Zoo said goodbye Saturday to giant panda Ya Ya during a farewell party ahead of her departure back to China. Highlighted by Chinese cultural performances, the sendoff marked the end…

COPENHAGEN - Concerned that its two pandas are slow to breed, Copenhagen Zoo has begun a new strategy to encourage mating -- giving the prospective couple more time to get to know each other. The Danish capital's zoo decided to put the bears in the same enclosure a month earlier…

On March 16th, the Beijing Park Management Center responded to questions about two panda breeding experts from the Beijing Zoo setting out to take care of the giant panda Ya Ya in the United States. The staff of the Beijing Park Management Center said that the two experts who are…

Life Most of the contracts loaning giant pandas to US zoos are expiring without extensions – some say this could be a reflection of rising tensions between the US and China, though others suggest it may be coincidence By Corryn Wetzel 17 March 2023 Giant pandas have been loaned to…

Zoos have changed a lot over the last century. More recently, many have pivoted their focus to conservation, animal rehabilitation and education about wild ecosystems.   But regardless of the intent in keeping wildlife behind bars, some animals seem to feel that they would be better off free from their trappings.…

MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Feb. 21, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of8Ouhin and Touhin, giant panda twins, eat bamboo sticks at the Adventure World in Shirahama, western Japan, on March 24, 2017. Japanese panda fans on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, bid teary farewells to…