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China zoo plays matchmaker to philandering ram and docile do...

Beijing: A publicity stunt by a Chinese zoo that married off a ram and doe on Valentine’s Day at a gala ceremony telecast live has stirred up a controversy, with some calling it a joke and others demanding action against organisers. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

British zoo welcomes giant pandas from China

Two giant pandas are set to arrive at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland on Sunday on a eagerly anticipated ten-year loan from China, agreed after years of high-level political and diplomatic negotiations. Yang Guang (Sunshine) and Tian Tian (Swee [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Edinburgh Zoo pandas to arrive from China on Sunday

Tian Tian and Yang Guang will make the journey from China in perspex cages on board a special chartered flight. They will be the first pandas to live in the UK for 17 years. The pandas, who will live in separate enclosures, will be given [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Taiwan gives China rare deer and goats

The two sika deer and two Formosan serows -- both seldom seen in the wild -- were transported Saturday to Liugong Island off China's Shandong province and were welcomed by over 500 people, the Taipei City Zoo said in a statement. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

China grants National Zoo extension of pandas' lease

The National Zoo said Wednesday that China has granted an extension of its lease of Washington's two giant pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, while details of a new agreement are worked out. Zoo Director Dennis W. Kelly was in China la [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Zoo animals in China to get larger home

The scheduled move of animals from the 54-year-old Changsha Zoo to a new and more spacious home on Monday afternoon was postponed because animals were not cooperative, zoo officials said. As of Monday afternoon, the animals were still at [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

National Zoo's panda Tai Shan will go to China on Feb. 4

That's how long you have to get to the National Zoo to say farewell to Tai Shan, Washington's beloved giant panda. The zoo announced last month that the 4 1/2 -year-old bear would be sent back to China soon. On Monday, the zoo sa [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Panda's trip to China leaves giant hole in US city

It was freezing and snowing hard Saturday afternoon, but 4-year-old giant panda Tai Shan didn't mind. He nimbly climbed onto a treetop and chewed his bamboo leaves. Nearby, a dozen men and women, including an elderly woman in a wheelc [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Beloved panda born at National Zoo headed to China

A young giant panda who became a major attraction after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding. Zoo officials announced Friday that Tai Shan (pronounced "ty shawn") will be leavin [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

China moves to protect pandas from swine flu

A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday. It is not known if pandas can catch swine flu, but there [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Olympic pandas start new life in E China

Pandas, who were displayed in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games, eat bamboos at Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2009. The three pandas, namely Langlang, Cuicui, Duoduo, were brought her [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2009 | Comments : 1

China Lake Towns Invaded by Billions of Rats

Dongting - China / The residents living around Dongting , China’s 2nd largest lake, have been smelling rats for the past two weeks, and finally found them to be in billions dwelling there. All this started when [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Female Panda in China gives birth to twins

CHINA – Beijing: A female panda gave birth to twin cubs in southwest China. This astonished many especially the caretakers who had been expecting a single cub ever-since her pregnancy. The official News Agency Xinhua r [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

In Southwest China Panda Found Dead

In southwest China, wildlife officials announced some days before, the first captive-born giant panda ever released into the wild has been found dead. On snow-covered ground in the bamboo forests of [...]