World’s oldest zoo panda turns 35
3 years, 4 months ago

World’s oldest zoo panda turns 35

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Hong Kong Ocean Park’s resident panda An An has just turned 35, making him the longest living male giant panda under human care in history. According to Ocean Park, giant pandas in the wild typically live about 20 years on average, while lifespans of those under human care can reach 30 years. Ocean Park The Chinese characters for “An An” are 安安, which means “peace.” Born in the wild of Sichuan, China, An An was part of a pair of pandas that was gifted to the Hong Kong government by China in 1999. The rescued giant panda has been under Ocean Park’s care for 22 years.

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Giant pandas An An, Ke Ke make much awaited HK debut
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Giant pandas An An, Ke Ke make much awaited HK debut

China Daily  

Visitors take pictures of a giant panda at Ocean Park Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Dec 8, 2024. A giant panda eats bamboo at Ocean Park Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Dec 8, 2024. Visitors take selfies with a giant panda at Ocean Park Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Dec 8, 2024. Inside Ocean Park's crowded Hong Kong Jockey Club …

Hong Kong’s largest panda-themed exhibition with 2,500 sculptures aims to draw tourists
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Hong Kong’s largest panda-themed exhibition with 2,500 sculptures aims to draw tourists

Hindustan Times  

Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. A panda mascot poses for photographs in front of the panda sculptures displayed at the Hong Kong International Airport during the welcome ceremony of the panda-themed exhibition "Panda …

Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze

CNN  

CNN — Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The displays reflect Hong Kong’s use of pandas to boost its economy as the Chinese financial hub works to regain its position as one of Asia’s …

Birth of panda twins brings double joy
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1 month ago

Birth of panda twins brings double joy

China Daily  

Students greet giant panda Ying Ying at Ocean Park in Hong Kong in 2022. The theme park's conservation arm, The Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, established the Giant Panda Base Rebuilding Fund, which offered financial support for recovery work at 12 panda reserves in Sichuan. When Ying Ying began showing signs she was ready to give birth in late July, the …

Birth of panda twins brings double joy
1 month ago

Birth of panda twins brings double joy

China Daily  

Students greet giant panda Ying Ying at Ocean Park in Hong Kong in 2022. The theme park's conservation arm, The Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, established the Giant Panda Base Rebuilding Fund, which offered financial support for recovery work at 12 panda reserves in Sichuan. When Ying Ying began showing signs she was ready to give birth in late July, the …

Giant panda pair leave for Hong Kong
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Giant panda pair leave for Hong Kong

China Daily  

Photo taken on Sept 26, 2024 shows a special crate holding the giant panda An An. CHENGDU -- A pair of giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China departed on a flight from Southwest China's Sichuan province to the HKSAR on Thursday morning. The pair, An An and Ke Ke, departed …

Giant panda pair leave for Hong Kong
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Giant panda pair leave for Hong Kong

China Daily  

Staff members transfer special crates holding giant pandas An An and Ke Ke at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 26, 2024. Ocean Park Hong Kong has said it transported bamboo from Guangdong to Sichuan so that the pandas could get used to the type of bamboo they will …

Two pandas to arrive in HK on Thursday
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Two pandas to arrive in HK on Thursday

China Daily  

A pair of giant pandas presented to Hong Kong as gifts by the central government will arrive in the special administrative region from Sichuan province on Thursday, and will be named in a public campaign next month, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced on Tuesday. To improve their living environment, the Hong Kong Jockey Club announced it will …

Panda twins are born in Hong Kong to Ying Ying, the world’s oldest first-time mom
4 months, 1 week ago

Panda twins are born in Hong Kong to Ying Ying, the world’s oldest first-time mom

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong welcomed the birth of its first locally born giant pandas on Thursday, with their mother becoming the world’s oldest first-time mother of its kind on record, the theme park that houses them announced. Ocean Park said in the statement that giant pandas have a “notoriously difficult time reproducing, especially as they age” and panda pregnancy …

World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong
2 years, 5 months ago

World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong

The Hindu  

The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his health deteriorated. An An lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999. He was euthanised to prevent further suffering Thursday morning after veterinarians from Ocean …

Get close to giant pandas in Tangjiahe
3 years, 4 months ago

Get close to giant pandas in Tangjiahe

China Daily  

The Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve in Qingchuan county, Guangyuan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province, preserves forestry and wild animals, especially the giant pandas, with a total area of 40,000 hectares. Located in the core area of the Giant Panda National Park, Tangjiahe is also a holy land among nature conservationists all over the world. The biggest surprise of all was …

National Zoo extends panda deal with China through 2023
4 years ago

National Zoo extends panda deal with China through 2023

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The National Zoo has struck a new extension of its longstanding agreement with the Chinese government that will keep the zoo’s iconic giant pandas in Washington for another three years. But the agreement also calls for all three pandas — baby Xiao Qi Ji and parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian — to return to China at the …

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