Panda News from around the world
  • Photos of Lin Ping at 105 days old

    Chiang Mai Zoo's little girl panda cub reached 105 days old on 9th September 2009.

    While she was examined and weighed some wonderful photos of her were taken.

    She's a healthy 7.25 kilos and has 11 milk teeth.
  • Thailand's Pandas booked up till January.

    If you're planning to visit Thailand to go see the new Giant Panda Club and haven't already got a ticket to see them, then you may be in for a bit of a wait, till January next year.

    65,000 advanced tickets for this year have already been snapped up. People sometimes pre-book to see various animals before visiting but never on this scale it has been reported.

    So you'd better get your ticket soon else it could be a very very long time before you can see her.
  • Thailand's pandas to get new winter home

    Chiang Mai Zoo has built a new winter home for their pandas "Chuang Chuang" , "Lin Hui" and her newly born cub. The new home is a snow dome where the temperature inside will be a cool minus 5 degrees Celcius.

    The pandas are not due to move in till the winter, but visitors should be able to visit from some time this month.

    Visitors will enter along a wall built to look like the great wall of china, and inside will be a Chinese-style house.

    The only thing left to finish on the new enclosure is the fake snow.
  • Chuang Chuang maybe daddy to China based cubs

    Chuang Chuang the male panda who is the father of the new panda cub born in Thailand this year, will have his semen frozen and taken over to China and be artificially inseminated in to female pandas next year.
  • New Thailand panda cub video

    A video of the new panda cub at Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand being examined by the vets there.
  • Thailand to ask to keep panda cub for longer

    The Bangkok post and China View is saying that Thailand's government will start negotiations with China to be allowed to keep the panda cub born on May 27th 2009 for longer than the two years which is currently under contract to do.

    If I remember correctly (I'm sure someone will set me right) Mei Sheng stayed longer than two years after he was born, so Thailand could get to keep the new princess for a little longer.

    Thailand's Zoological Park Organization has been assigned to conduct a study to see whether a permanent panda reproduction research centre is feasible.
  • Video of new panda

    Video of the new panda at Chiangmai
  • It's a girl.

    The Canadian Press is reporting that the panda cub born in Thailand is a girl. Experts from China have flew over to examine Lin Hui and her new cub. Lin Hui seems to be a natural mother giving lots of care and attention.

    The experts who were watching Lin Hui say that she is displaying behaviour that signifies that she may have another. Only the next couple of days will tell if there's another one.
  • First panda of 2009 born

    Brilliant News the CCRCGP Chinese blog is reporting that the first panda of 2009 has been born at Chiang Mai Zoo, Thailand on May 27th.

    I'll update this post later with more information when I have more time, just wanted to let you all know the great news. Lets hope this is the start of another bumper year of panda cubs and we can beat last years total of 32 healthy pandas.

    UPDATE Currently the sex and weight is unknown. The cub was born at 10:10 am without any complications.
  • Hope for Panda Cuba in Thailand

    Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand have said that Linhui has ovulated twice and they have performed two artificial inseminations.

    "Every step in the process went smoothly because we have extensively monitored the pandas' behaviours for a long period." said Zoological Park Organisation director-general Sophon Damnui.
  • Cold weather effecting Thailand's Pandas

    After years of trying to get Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui of Chiang Mai Zoo, Thailand to mate. It's been reported that a cold snap has aroused the passion in the Thailand panda stars.

    Recently the weather is Thailand has been a cool 4 degrees Celsius (39 Fahrenheit), which is closer to the natural temperature of where the pandas live. The panda carers are watching Lin Hui closely to see if she does come into season and will try a natural mating between the pair.