Panda News from around the world
  • 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.
  • Trip to Vienna 2009

    We had a wonderful trip to Vienna and spent a couple of afternoons just watching the pandas.

    You can view the photos at Flickr

    Fu Long is turning in to a beautiful young panda.
  • 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 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.