It is with great sadness that we report that an 30 year old giant panda
Chuan Chuan
Chuan Chuan
川川 231
1980-Sep-
2010-Apr-
Male
SHANGHAI
Baoxing County
who lived in Shanghai Zoo passed away last month.
He was wild born and captured around 1981 in Baoting and transfered to Shanghai. He was moved a few times between Shanghai and Chongoing and spent some time in Beijing before making Shanghai his home in 2001.
He sired 9 cubs including Le Le at Memphis Zoo, and was grandfather to Le Le at Hong Kong Ocean Park.
Panda's International is collecting donations for a memorial fund