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Fu Long to stay until the end of the year.

2009-Jun-10

The Austrian Times has released a story that Fu Long Fu Long 福龍 685 2007-Aug-23 Male CCRCGP Bifengxia Vienna Zoo Yang Yang - #514 Long Hui - #526 (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 Fu Long 福龍 685 2007-Aug-23 Male CCRCGP Bifengxia Vienna Zoo Yang Yang - #514 Long Hui - #526 was due to be returned on his 2nd birthday, after raising concerns with Fu Long Fu Long 福龍 685 2007-Aug-23 Male CCRCGP Bifengxia Vienna Zoo Yang Yang - #514 Long Hui - #526 '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 Fu Long 福龍 685 2007-Aug-23 Male CCRCGP Bifengxia Vienna Zoo Yang Yang - #514 Long Hui - #526 was born in 2007, to his parents Yang Yang Yang Yang 阳阳 514 2000-Aug-10 Female Vienna Zoo WOLONG Ying Ying - #382 Da Di - #394 and Long Hui Long Hui 526 2000-Sep-26 Male Vienna Zoo WOLONG Tang Tang - #446 Xin Xing - #329 who have both been on loan since 2003. Fu Long Fu Long 福龍 685 2007-Aug-23 Male CCRCGP Bifengxia Vienna Zoo Yang Yang - #514 Long Hui - #526 was the first panda born in Europe and weighed 100g and only 10cm long. He now weighs 35 Kilos.