Giant Panda News Part 8
On October 6, staff of the Heishui River National Reserve in Sichuan province, who was monitoring the road to Tieshagang, found a giant panda cub along the route. This was the first wild giant panda cub discovered in the Heishui River Nature Reserve. On September 5, the Sichuan Travel and Tourism Administration, the Chengdu Research […]
Giant Panda News Part 7
Ying Ying Met Relatives On September 1912014, under a clear autumn sky with brisk air,an adoption ceremony took place at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The Yingke Law Firm from Beijing & the Lyon Technology Co.J Ltd. from Shanghai adopted giant panda Ying Ying. Yingke Law Firm has always attached importance to […]
Pandora’s Legacy Live
In March 1938, the West China Union University received a request from the New York Zoological Society that they wished to have a baby panda, or a pair if possible. The University had a partnership with the Society through New York University and worked together to make this request a reality. Frank Dickinson, a biology […]
The Legend of the Runaway Panda
On October 2, 1993, the first snow fell on Taibai county located deep in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi province. That afternoon the forest bureau received a report that a sick panda was found in the Niuwei River village and one of the residents had the animal in a corn shack. Ren Jianshe, manager of […]
Panda Q&A Part 7
Q: Why are giant pandas called “Mao Xiong”, the reverse of its popular Chinese name”Xiong Mao” in some places in China? A: In 1869, French Catholic Father Armand David discovered giant pandas in Baoxing county Sichuan province. The following year the moniker “Black and White Bear” was officially renamed as a species,”Giant Panda”. The first […]
Train the Panda Mothers to Be Heroes
There are a number of repatriated giant pandas both at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong. Each was born overseas,but returned to China at two years of age according to official agreements. Overseas pandas and other captive wildlife or animals are […]
Sunshine and Moonlight Nursery House
The head keeper of Sunshine Nursery is Chen Min, who has worked as a panda keeper for 16 years at the Chengdu Panda Base. Chen is a East-talking and elegant woman,whose work photographs have been featured several times in many panda albums and newspapers. She Feels that her extensive time with pandas has taught her […]
Calling Back the Pandas
With the setting of the sun, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding transforms into a bamboo forest of tranquility as visitors taper down and birds Hock and settle into their nests. The busiest time of the day for panda keepers comes at 16:30 at what is affectionately nicknamed “calling back the pandas”. At […]
Giant Panda Discovered in Pingshan
On September 23, 2013, the Laojunshan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau received a report detailing the discovery of what was thought to be giant panda scat. Leaders from the town of Longhua and police officers from the Longhua Forest substation of the Pingshan Forest Public Security Bureau sent the report. Experts from the Sichuan Provincial […]
Chengdu Pambassadors: Devoted to Giant Panda Conservation Around the World
In 2012，the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, WildAid, and the Yao Ming Foundation launched the second Chengdu Pambassador contest. The aim was to select three people from around the world to spread the message of giant panda protection through conservation education. After a three-week competition in Chengdu from October 27 to November 17, […]