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.