Panda Pandemonium June 28, 2012

• © Hauser Bears.
  
  
  

  © Hauser Bears.

• © DanK75.
  
  
  

  © DanK75.

• © Leela Sky.
  
  
  

  © Leela Sky.

• © Dan.
  
  
  

  © Dan.

• © DanK75.
  
  
  

  © DanK75.

• Workers show off the baby panda's at the Giant Panda...
  
  
  

  Workers show off the baby panda's at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on June 24, 2012.

  © Getty Images.

• © Dan.
  
  
  

  © Dan.

• © Dan.
  
  
  

  © Dan.

• © Leela Sky.
  
  
  

  © Leela Sky.

• © Leela Sky.
  
  
  

  © Leela Sky.

• Yuan Zi at ZooParc de Beauval, France on June 5, 2012. © Patrick...
  
  
  

  Yuan Zi at ZooParc de Beauval, France on June 5, 2012.

  © Patrick Harper.

• A worker shows of one of the baby panda's at the Giant...
  
  
  

  A worker shows of one of the baby panda's at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on June 24, 2012.

  © Getty Images.

• © Silver.thistle.
  
  
  

  © Silver.thistle.

• © Enice.
  
  
  

  © Enice.

  Ueno panda shows signs of pregnancy - The Japan Times

  Giant panda Shin Shin at Ueno Zoo appears to be pregnant, a zoo official said Tuesday, spurring hopes the Tokyo landmark might see its first cub since 1988.

  If the male panda Ri Ri and Shin Shin produce a cub, it will be the first time the nation's oldest zoo, established in 1882, has succeeded in the natural breeding of pandas. The pair were leased from China in February 2011.

  Ueno Zoo will suspend public viewings of Shin Shin starting July 3 and observe her carefully, as pandas often show false gestation signs.

  Three baby pandas were born at Ueno Zoo through artificial insemination before 1989.

  Bye, zoos: Sichuan quake panda survivors going home - The Borneo Post

  
  

  

  Wang Jia, a young panda traumatised by the quake, has grown very close to her caretaker. – Source by dailychilli

  Sixty endangered giant pandas, adopted by zoos across China after an earthquake destroyed their Wolong Reserve habitat four years ago, are finally going home.

  In 2008, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan Province also destroyed part of the Wolong Reserve, the world’s largest giant panda breeding centre. It left one panda dead, one injured and one missing. The remaining 60, then homeless, were sent to zoos in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan and some were moved to a breeding base in Ya’an.

  “The construction of a new breeding centre will be completed in September. Then those pandas now living in other places will be able to come back here in batches,” said Zhang Hemin, director of the China Conservation And Research Centre in Wolong.

  “Returning home not only means that the pandas will be back where they belong in Sichuan, but also that those pandas raised in captivity will finally get to be released into the wild which is their real home,” Zhang told Xinhuadaily.

  

  Soldiers were called in to rescue the endangered pandas stranded by the earthquake.– Source by dailychilli

  Giant pandas are among the world’s most endangered species. According to state forestry officials, about 1,600 pandas live in the wild mostly in the Sichuan Mountains, while another 300 are in captivity in zoos around the world. Zoologists believe releasing pandas into the wild will reduce the risk of inbreeding among the animal’s wild partners.

  On top of their research for better breeding techniques and serving as a public educator for wildlife protection, the new centre will become more prominent as a training centre for giant pandas destined to be released into the wild after being born in captivity, said Zhang.

  Meanwhile, two pandas have been confirmed to come to Malaysia next year where they’ll be kept at the Putrajaya Wetlands. – Source by dailychilli