20 years ago, on April 12, 1992, I visited Yen Yen at the Zoo de Vincennes in Paris, France. Go to our Photo Gallery to see the pictures of my first panda trip abroad. It was the first of my many panda travels. I returned to the Zoo de Vincennes, Paris, France in 1995, 1996 […]

The French President Georges Pompidou received a goodwill gift from the Chinese government on December 8, 1973: Yen Yen & Li Li, a pair of giant pandas. Yen Yen & Li Li were both born approximately in September 1972. Yen Yen was captured in Pigwu County in the Chinese Sichuan Province in April 1973 and […]

Here is the story of the first panda who lived in France: Happy. Happy (male) was born approximately in September 1935. He has studbook number 5. He was captured by Floyd Tangier Smith in the Chinese Sichuan Province. Together with 5 other pandas, he was shipped from Shanghai to the United Kingdom. They arrived in […]