Panda News from around the world
  • Thailanda Panda Cub Names

    On May 27th Taipei Zoo's panda Lin Hui gave birth to the first panda cub of the year. On the 10th of August she was name Lin Bing which means forest of ice.

    Her name was chosen from a short list of four names by 13.2 million of the 22 million post card votes that were sent in.

    Once again thanks to Chet for finding the news. You really do need to be up early to beat her.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.