Panda News from around the world
  • Fu Hu and Yang Yang Playing in the Snow

    I just had to share this adorable video of Yang Yang of Vienna Zoo and her second Cub Fu Hu playing in the snow.

    Simply wonderful.
  • More video of Fu Hu

    Vienna has uploaded another video of Fu Hu and his mother Yang Yang exploring his enclosure
  • Yang Yang of Vienna Gives Birth

    On August 23rd 2010 at 14:14 Yang Yang of Vienna gave birth to her second cub. The new cub was born exactly 3 years after her first cub Fu Long who has since gone to China.

    Vienna is one of the closest zoo's to me with pandas, and of course plans are now being made to make a visit in time when the new arrival makes his/her appearance.

    Well done Yang Yang, and Dad Long Hui
  • Love is in the Air for Vienna Pandas

    Yang Yang and Long Hui, have been busy making babies, drawing crowds at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo despite days of non-stop rain.

    The pair surprised everyone in 2007 when Yang Yang give birth to her first cup Fu Long, (who is now is Bifengxia) after a successful natural mating in the spring of that year.

    "Science has it pandas are generally reluctant when it comes to mating and very poor lovers – but try telling that to this pair. We simply can't stop them," laughed one keeper.

    Lets hope for another brother or sister for Fu Long
  • Latest on Fu Long

    After the break is a short video about Fu Long and how he's getting on in Bifengxia.
  • Date Set for Fu Long to Leave Home

    Adorable Fu Long of Vienna Zoo turned two in August and due to be sent to China soon after wards, but the powers that be decided that making him travel for over 15 hours in such hot temperatures would not be a good idea, and so his stay was extended so he could travel in a cooler month. (It also gave me a chance to visit him again)

    Well the cooler weather is now with us and Fu Long is set to depart on November 18th.

    Good Luck Fu Long. Hopefully I will see you next year in China.

    Many thanks to his keepers for looking after him so well, and I hope you enjoyed your chocoloates.
  • Fu Long to stay until the end of the year.

    The Austrian Times has released a story that Fu Long (Lucky Dragon) of Vienna's Schönbrunn zoo Giant Panda Cub will be staying a little longer than first thought. Under the terms of the contract between the zoo and China, Fu Long was due to be returned on his 2nd birthday, after raising concerns with Fu Long's health if he is moved in the summer China has agreed that he can stay a little longer to a more suitable time to allow his to adjust.
  • Fu Long to leave Austria

    Fu Long the adorable cub born at the Vienna Zoo, is set to return to China before August this year.

    The contract between Schönbrunn Palace and Chinese authorities states that the panda bear must leave after two years.

    Fu Long was born in August 2007 after a successful natural mating between his parents Yang Yang and Long Hui.

    On a personal note I visited Fu Long and his parents in October 2007, unfortunetly his mother Yang Yang or Fu Long was not on display, I was hoping to pay them a visit this year. I'm not sure if I can go before he's due to move.
  • It's snow fun being a panda.

    Wonderful pic of Fu Long playing in the snow with his mum.
    (I need to go back and see him (All in the name of getting some pictures for you of course))
  • Pic a day (Jan 12th)

    When you reach the panda enclosure you are greeted by large cutout pictures of the pandas Longhui and Weiwei. When we first got there there was no sign of any pandas as they were inside and the building was closed to visitors due to Fulong only just being born. I had terrible thoughts that the only pandas we were going to see were of these wooden ones.
  • Pic a day (Jan 13th)

    Is anybody home? I seem to of misplaced my keys and I can't get home
  • Pic a day (Jan 11th)

    Most of the areas in Vienna have a bronze statute representing the type of animal that lives in that part of the zoo. Here is the panda one, which I think was adorable. If you look in the background you should just be able to see Longhui
  • Pic a day (Jan 10th)

    When we visited Fulong was only a couple of months old, I don't think that he even had a name. We could only see him on a TV screen outside, Most of the time he was cuddeled up underneath mummy (Weiwei). I managed to get a couple of photos with him on the screen.
  • Pic a day (Jan 9th)

    When Longhui was drinking he looked so gentle lapping up the water, he is a beautiful panda very graceful and elegant.
  • Pic a day (Jan 8th)

    When we first saw Longhui it didn't seem very happy he wanted to go back inside but he was kept outside whilst they were cleaning it. When we stayed around watching him till he was let back inside then we looked round the rest of the zoo.
  • Pic a day (Jan 7th)

    Longhui on the move. He seemed to know his enclosure very well and knew which way to go.
  • Pic a day (Jan 6th)

    This is Longhui stripping bamboo. Pandas are lean mean bamboo processing machines. The keepers put the bamboo in different places in his enclosure so he had to move around to find it. He would plonk himself down by some bamboo, lay almost on his back, strip the leaves off making a mess on his chest then once he's finished he would simply stand up letting the mess fall to the ground then walk to the next pile of bamboo.
  • Pic a day (Jan 5th)

    Happy new year and welcome back to the Photo a day.

    This series of photos is of Longhui, taken in Vienna when I visited there in 2007. It was just after Yang Yang had given birth to Fulong. Fulong was huggeled up with his mum away from public sight. So all the photos are of Longhui.