Chiang Mai Zoo

Chiang Mai, Thailand

About Chiang Mai Zoo

Chiang Mai Zoo was establish in 1974 (A.D.) by Mr. Harold Mason Young an American missionary who came to Thailand as a volunteer to teach survival skill to soldiers on Thailand’s border. He rented a piece of land to take care of rescued animal which has been injured by hunters at the time and when the animal are recovered he started his reintroduction by return them to the jungle, but there were some very weak animal suffered from badly the wounds and some could not be able to survive or foraging in the jungle.

Situated on 212 acres of verdant forest land at the foothill of Doi Suthep mountain, the zoo is surrounded by hilly terrain which is home to thousands of species of wild plants and flowers adorning the natural landscape of valleys, streams and waterfalls.

Official website: www.chiangmaizoo.com

Giant pandas at Chiang Mai Zoo

Chiang Mai Zoo has built a special exhibit inside a cool, air-conditioned climate for the comfort of the pair of giant pandas on loan from China. The zoo was selected by the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand for the care and display of these pandas. A moat separates the pandas from the visitors.

Chuang Chuang & Lin Hui moved to Thailand on October 12, 2003 on a 10 year loan. The contract was renewed in 2013.

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    Chiang Mai Zoo

    Lin Hui celebrates her Birthday with some ice

    2014-10-02

    Lin Hui celebrated her 13th birthday with a party at Chiang Mai Zoo on September 28, 2014. Many panda fans, local residents and tourists joined in the activities. Zoo director Kanchai Saenwong and staff led groups in planting 130 bamboos in the area around the Project for Panda Research and Display in Thailand, as a […]

    Valentines Day at Chiang Mai Zoo

    2014-02-14

    Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui received Valentine gifts on February 14, 2014 at the recently renovated and refurnished padna exhibit at the Chiang Mai Zoo. Chiang Mai Zoo director, veterinarian Kanchai Sanwong and veterinarian Boripat Siriaroonrat celebrated Lin Ping’s Giant Panda Zoo Awards of 2013 with Lin Ping’s Fans, to thank all fans who love […]

    Lin Hui isn’t pregnant anymore

    2014-02-04

    Chiang Mai Zoo announced that Lin Hui has suffered a miscarriage after more than 100 days of pregnancy. Baripat Siriarunrat, chief researcher of the panda project at Chiang Mai zoo, said Tuesday that the research team had found signs of a miscarriage in discharges from her genital area. He said part of the embryo had […]

    Will Lin Hui give birth soon?

    2013-12-29

    The Chiang Mai Zoo announced that Lin Hui is pregnant again. The pregnancy is the result of an artificial insemination carried out just after Lin Bing, Lin Hui & Chuan Chuan’s first child, moved to China. “The delivery of a new panda cub could be anytime. We have to watch her 24 hours a day […]

    AI @ Chiang Mai Zoo

    2013-09-30

    The Chiang Mai Zoo Panda Staff carried out an artificial insemination on Lin Hui on September 28 with fresh semen and on September 29, 2013 with frozen semen. Lin Hui came unexpected in heat at an unusual time. She showed behavior by being nervous, bleating, exploring around and scent marking. The researchers did follow-up tests […]

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