The State Forestry Administration of China said on Saturday that Ko Ko died of asphyxiation.. The 14-year-old male panda died on September 9, 2010 at the Kobe Oji Zoo when Japanese veterinarians drugged him to collect sperm for artificial insemination. After Ko Ko’s death, the Chinese government immediately sent a panel of experts to Japan […]

Ko Ko died at the Kobe Oji Zoo on September 9, 2010. He died of cardiac arrest after failing to recover from a semen-extraction procedure conducted as part of a program to impregnate his partner, Tan Tan. It happened three hours after he was given an anesthetic. A Chinese investigative team will be sent to […]

Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yada announced yesterday that they extended their panda lease with 5 years. Tan Tan & Ko Ko will stay at the Kobe Oji Zoo until at least 2015. The official signing ceremony will take place in China on June 9, 2010.

Kobe Oji Zoo’s female panda, Tan Tan, is not pregnant. The zoo performed artificial insemination on Tan Tan on January 21, 22 & 23. In early April, an increased urinary hormone suspected the possibility of pregnancy, but the hormone level returned to normal in late April. The Kobe Oji Zoo has been conducting artificial insemination […]

The Kobe Oji Zoo performed an artificial insemination on Tan Tan on January 21, 22 & 23.