February 4, 2010 – Mei Lan, a 3-year-old female giant panda from Zoo Atlanta, departed for China on February 4, 2010. Transportation for the world-famous bear was generously donated by FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX). Zoo Volunteers and Docents lined the sidewalks of Cherokee Avenue for a parting glimpse as the FedEx truck transporting Mei Lan left Zoo Atlanta at 6:30 a.m. Her vehicle was escorted by an Atlanta Police motorcade on the trip to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. weiter lesen
Mai Lan and Tai Shan travel together to China
Thursday January 28th, 2010 – 08:25 PM
Several media outlets in Washington, D.C. are reporting that the Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant panda Tai Shan and Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda Mei Lan will be travelling together to China on February 4, 2010. Officials at Zoo Atlanta are planning a joint announcement with the Smithsonian National Zoo later this week after numerous logistical details are finalized.
Update: Tai Shan will be leaving the National Zoo for China on February 4. He’ll head to Dulles International Airport in the morning and fly directly to Chengdu, China, with a keeper and veterinarian from our zoo. He won’t be the only giant panda onboard the “FedEx Panda Express.” Mei Lan, the three-year-old female panda born at Zoo Atlanta, will be making the trip too.
Tai Shan Departure Update
Tuesday January 19th, 2010 – 09:33 PM
Tai Shan is scheduled to leave for China, per the Zoo’s agreement with the Chinese. Transportation plans are being finalized but the departure date has been narrowed to early February. Friends of the National Zoo will host a public farewell event for Tai Shan Saturday, Jan. 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit http://nationalzoo.si.edu for details.
Photo Credit: Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian’s National Zoo
2010 Giant Panda Mating Season Starts Early at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Sunday January 10th, 2010 – 07:00 PM
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s giant panda mating season began earlier than expected again this year. Female Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) and male Tian Tian (tee-YEN tee-YEN) attempted to mate Saturday, Jan. 9.
It appears a new January ovulation pattern is emerging for Mei Xiang; excluding 2009, typical ovulation for her has historically occurred in March or April.
Over the course of a few hours, Zoo staff carefully observed the pandas’ activities and, because competent mating did not occur, Zoo scientists and veterinarians performed a nonsurgical artificial insemination later that evening and again this morning. Both pandas were anesthetized, allowing the scientists to collect semen from Tian Tian and insert it directly into Mei Xiang’s uterus.
Tian Tian goes exploring
Sunday December 6th, 2009 – 05:00 PM
Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s – (Washington 6th.Jan.2010): Winter is the season for pandas. They arise early and eager for the great outdoors. The keepers cannot place their bamboo fast enough. Appetites are up to speed and everyone is shredding the bamboo culm, or stalk. It is the time of year when you arrive and the indoor enclosures are completely destroyed by shredded bamboo culm, and there is poop everywhere! Just to make it especially messy, the pandas have also jumped in and out of their pools a few times, so everything is very wet. Pandas are poor processors of bamboo, having the typical short intestinal tract of a carnivore. Seventy-five percent of what they eat passes right on through! Hence their energy-conserving lifestyle of sleeping and eating. And passing out fibrous poop. We found a clip, also.
Tai Shan returns to China
Friday December 4th, 2009 – 04:34 PM
The National Zoo announced that Tai Shan will be sent to the People’s Republic of China in early 2010, as stipulated in the agreement between the Zoo and the Chinese government. Part of the announcement was leaked to the media last night. The exact date of his departure has not been determined due to the lengthy process of finalizing permits and preparing Tai Shan for the trip. In the meantime, Tai will be trained to enter and calmly remain in a specially designed crate for his flight to China. weiter lesen
Two pandas adopted
Monday November 30th, 2009 – 07:00 AM
At this year’s Pandaworld Tour has fostered two Pandas in Yaan, and therefore we receive the “gold membership” of the Wolong Panda Club. We took over the sponsorship of a newborn panda “Glücks Sternchen” and a second Panda (1-year) “Blümchen” was directly adopted by one of our members. Learn more about this release, and a whole lot of informations, pictures and videos of the Pandaworld Tour 2009, we will show soon.
Tow Giant Pandas for Australia
Friday November 27th, 2009 – 05:30 PM
Australia receives in those days, two Giant Panda. The two were on 27th November picked up in person by a small team of the zoo.Two Chinese treasures moving down under Adelaide Zoo has been entrusted with the care of two Giant Pandas, Wang Wang and Funi. They are the only Giant Pandas in the Southern Hemisphere and the first to live permanently in Australia. Wang Wang and Funi will go on display for the Australian public on Sunday December the 13th 2009! weiter lesen
National Zoo Giant Panda Stamp Available
Thursday November 12th, 2009 – 07:00 PM
The National Zoo is proud to introduce seven new customized stamps celebrating and supporting conservation programs at the Zoo. Each of the seven stamps depicts an animal with an amazing conservation story from the Zoo. A portion of the proceeds benefits conservation programs at the National Zoo. Get Zoo Stamps: Stamps are available for purchase at the Zoo’s web stores.
One of the stamps shows a Giant Panda (Tai Shan)
The giant panda are an endangered species. There are about 1,600 left in the wild. Giant pandas are native to a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. They once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing, and other development now restrict giant pandas to the mountains. At the Zoo, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are the second pair of pandas to live here. Both were born at the China Research and Conservation Center in Wolong, Sichuan Province. Together, they had one cub, Tai Shan, who was born in the Zoo 2005.
Giant Panda “Guo Guo” Delivers Twins Again
Tuesday September 29th, 2009 – 05:59 AM
On September 27, CCRCGP’s giant panda “Guo Guo” gives birth to a cub respectively at 17:35 and 23:12 and becomes the third mother delivering twins this year. It is also Guo Guo’s second time to bear twins after the earthquake and the third time to produce twins since its first birth. weiter lesen
Ye Ye Bears a Cub Again
Sunday September 20th, 2009 – 12:13 PM
At 11:10 am of September 12, 2009, CCRCGPs 14th cub of this year is born at Bifengxia Base and giant panda Ye Ye becomes the center’s 12th mother of this year. She is also the mother bearing cubs for two years after the earthquake and makes the record that a young female panda delivering cubs for continuous four years.
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