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  • July 2008

    • Chinese Artist Sues Over 'Insulting' Panda

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Jul 19, 08 5:58 PM CDT

      Chinese Artist Sues Over 'Insulting' Panda

      Kung Fu Panda may not seem very controversial, but it sure offended Zhao Bandi, a Chinese performance artist who is renowned for using panda images in his work. Zhao is suing Dreamworks for the film’s “insulting” portrayal of China’s national icon, the Independent reports. “Designing the panda with green eyes is a conspiracy,” Zhao says. “A panda with green eyes has the feeling of evil.” More »

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      China  • lawsuit  • panda  • frivolous lawsuits  • Kung Fu Panda

    • Tabby Adopts Red Panda Cub

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 10, 08 9:39 AM CDT

      Tabby Adopts Red Panda Cub

      A newborn red panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a zookeeper's cat, the BBC reports. The panda and its sibling were first put on an incubator at the Dutch zoo but the tabby cat, who had recently given birth, proved willing to take the kitten-sized panda cubs under her paw. The weaker panda cub died but the other, still nameless, is suckling with the kittens. More »

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      animal  • endangered species  • zoo  • cat  • panda  • zookeeper  • kitten

  • June 2008

    • National Zoo's Panda Preggers?

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      National Zoo's Panda Preggers?

      The National Zoo in DC says panda mother Mei Xiang is showing a spike in hormone levels, a sign that she might be pregnant again. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated in March with semen from Tian Tian, the zoo's male giant panda. Hormone test results indicate Mei Xiang will either give birth or come to the end of a false pregnancy in late July. More »

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      Washington DC  • zoo  • hormones  • panda  • breeding  • pregnant  • National Zoo

    • Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 6, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      Eight giant pandas shaken by last month's earthquake made their first appearance at the Beijing Zoo yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Huge crowds visited the pandas, who seemed none the worse for wear from the move, planned before the quake to coincide with the Olympics. The zoo expects daily crowds of 100,000 this weekend, five times normal. More »

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      earthquake  • animal  • Beijing  • China earthquake  • zoo  • panda  • quake  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center

    • Quake-Rattled Pandas Get Hugs, Bamboo

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 3, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      Quake-Rattled Pandas Get Hugs, Bamboo

      Zookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but warns it will take up to 20 years for the center to fully recover. More »

  • May 2008

    • China Death Toll Nears 40,000

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 20, 08 8:28 AM CDT

      China Death Toll Nears 40,000

      The official quake death toll climbed to nearly 40,000 in China’s Sichuan province today, the Guardian reports, as foreign medical teams and equipment arrived on the scene. Relief efforts began shifting away from finding survivors to aiding the more than 200,000 injured and 5 million left homeless. Russia, Taiwan, Japan, the US, Germany, and Italy had all sent rescue workers. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • natural disaster  • death toll  • relief  • aftershock  • panda  • foreign aid  • medical care

    • Quake Carnage Spares Pandas

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 13, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Quake Carnage Spares Pandas

      The residents of the panda preserves deep in the earthquake-ravaged area of China are OK, state media reported today. Keepers of the 86 bears at the Wolong facility, in Sichuan province, and the 60-plus animals at the nearby Chengdu center now must worry about infrastructure damage interrupting the pandas' food supply, CNN reports; the endangered bears eat mostly bamboo. More »

    • Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 9, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag

      Hu Jintao is making the first visit to Japan by a Chinese president in 10 years, and he's looking to solidify the newly amicable relationship with an offering of two giant pandas. But the rare animals aren't a gift, exactly: they're a loan, and they come at a yearly cost of $1 million apiece. The high price has forced the panda-loving Japanese to rethink the offer, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      China  • Japan  • Hu Jintao  • panda

  • April 2008

    • Japan's Oldest Giant Panda Dies

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Japan's Oldest Giant Panda Dies

      Ling Ling, the undisputed star of the Tokyo Zoo and a symbol of friendship between Japan and China, died today of heart failure, the AP reports. At 22—the equivalent of 70 human years—the giant panda was Japan’s oldest, and the fifth-oldest in the world. Ling Ling had been eating poorly since August, suffering from kidney and heart problems. He'd been withdrawn from public view just one day when he was found dead. More »

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      China  • Japan  • zoo  • panda

  • January 2008

    • Vienna's Baby Panda Says Hello

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 31, 08 9:03 AM CST

      Vienna's Baby Panda Says Hello

      Vienna's newest celebrity made his debut yesterday as the 5-month-old panda Fu Long met the public for the first time. The Austrian capital's Schönbrunn Zoo had to issue a statement to anxious panda fans that the cloistered cub was healthy and growing strong. Only yesterday afternoon did Fu Long emerge to an adoring crowd, although the zoo's director told the AP that the panda is more of "a night owl." More »

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      Austria  • zoo  • panda  • Vienna

  • December 2007

    • Pandas Prepare for Risky Duty

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Dec 16, 07 6:45 AM CST

      Pandas Prepare for Risky Duty

      Four panda bears bred in captivity in China will soon be set free in a bid to save their species from extinction. But first, they've got to toughen up. Scientists at the nation's biggest panda breeding center are preparing to release two males and two females into the wild, and they're trying to give the bears street smarts of a sort—how to sense danger and fend off attacks, the Times reports. More »

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      China  • extinction  • panda

  • November 2007

    • Panda Style Irks Chinese

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Nov 27, 07 8:04 AM CST

      Panda Style Irks Chinese

      Chinese officials are so upset over panda fashions that they're vowing a new law against images of the bears, the Times reports. Fashion designer Zhao Bandi sparked their ire during China Fashion Week in Chengdu by dressing models in black and white teddies with fluffy ears. Now officials in the city—where most of China's test-tube pandas are born—may ban all images of the friendly symbol. More »

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      China  • fashion  • censorship  • panda  • Fashion Week

    • Panda Couple a Model of Fertility

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 26, 07 10:35 AM CST

      Panda Couple a Model of Fertility

      Suggesting that quality does best quantity, two of the most reproductively successful pandas in captivity meet—and mate—but once a year, the AP reveals. Since 2003 the San Diego Zoo's Bai Yun and Gao Gao have produced three cubs, a great feat for the endangered species. The youngest is to be named today, when she reaches 100 days old, following Chinese tradition. More »

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      China  • endangered species  • zoo  • panda  • breeding  • captivity

    • 75% of Bear Species at Risk

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 12, 07 7:15 PM CST

      75% of Bear Species at Risk

      Southeast Asia's sun bear is now the sixth of eight bear species facing extinction worldwide, the Telegraph reports. Experts admit they know little about the bear, but blame deforestation, hunting, and fearful villagers for menacing the species. "We estimate that sun bears have declined by at least 30 per cent over the past 30 years (three bear generations)," said one specialist. More »

  • September 2007

    • Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!

      newser  |  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Sep 7, 07 3:16 AM CDT

      Happy First Birthday, Mei Lan!

      Atlanta's Panda cub Mei Lan celebrated her first birthday yesterday, and her keepers invited local fans and Chinese dignitaries to her party. The guest of honor napped through the hoopla, even when the zoo president called the big day "one of the most significant" in the zoo's 118-year history. The festivities drew birthday wishes from as far away as London. More »

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      Atlanta  • zoo  • panda  • birthday

  • August 2007

    • Panda Fever Takes Vienna

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 24, 07 5:58 AM CDT

      Panda Fever Takes Vienna

      After Berlin's paroxysms over the polar cub Knut, now it's Vienna's turn: the giant panda Yang Yang has given birth to a 3.5-ounce cub, the first born in Europe in 25 years. The birth was a complete surprise; Yang Yang had shown no signs of pregnancy during a recent ultrasound, but zookeepers detected squealing from her compound yesterday. More »

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      Austria  • zoo  • panda  • Knut  • Vienna

    • 'Male' Panda Gives Birth to Twins

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 9, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      'Male' Panda Gives Birth to Twins

      A giant panda once thought to be male gave birth to twin cubs this week in China. Jinzhu was believed to be male at birth, but the panda showed zero sexual interest after being shipped to Japan in 2000 to breed with a female. When scientists attempted artificial insemination, they discovered that Jinzhu had no penis, Reuters reports. More »

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      baseball  • animal  • endangered species  • zoo  • panda  • birth  • reproduction  • animal behavior  • hermaphrodite

    • Panda Attacks Zookeeper

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 7, 07 8:06 AM CDT

      Panda Attacks Zookeeper

      A zookeeper in northwestern China needed more than a hundred stitches after being scratched and bitten by a panda. The keeper was feeding the 2-year-old from outside the cage when the lovable bear grabbed his arms and started biting. The panda—Lan Zai —had recently been transferred from another zoo, and wasn't yet used to the keeper. More »

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      animal  • zoo  • panda  • attack  • zookeeper  • animal attack

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