Born: August 23, 1999 Place of birth: Wolong, China
Resident of Tiergarten Schönbrunn since April 16, 2019
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda has celebrated the birth of a record 42 panda cubs this year. The 42 cubs were born to 30 mothers. The 17 born at the Ya’an Bifengxia base made their debut Friday. The others met the public at the Wolong Geng Da base. “The number […]
Wu Wen and Xing Ya have left their homes in China’s Sichuan Province. After a Goodbye Ceremony at the Geng Da Base of CCRCGP on April 11, 2017, the pandas are on their way to the Netherlands. On Wednesday April 12, the giant pandas Xing Ya and Wu Wen from China will land on Dutch […]
Pandas International announced the names of the CCRCGP cubs born in 2014: Source: Pandas International
“Xue Xue,” born on Aug. 15, 2012 at theWolong Hetaoping Wild Training Base of CCRCGP was released on October 14, 2014. Two years of training at the base have taught Xue Xue to search for food and water while avoiding predators in the Liziping Nature Reserve. <iframe src=”http://new.livestream.com/accounts/5939703/events/3462261/videos/64908272/player?width=620&height=349&autoPlay=false&mute=false” width=”620″ height=”349″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> China started sending […]
In June 1980, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) was established at Wolong. The center was known for its extensive breeding research projects and highly successful captive breeding program. Tragically, the Wolong Panda Center was largely devastated by the catastrophic 2008 earthquake. The road to Wolong was rendered impassable since […]