Thursday, January 08, 2009
Greetings and Happy New Year! 2008 ended with some Panda excitement here at the zoo! The keepers started noticing some behavioral and physiological changes in Ya Ya at the beginning of December and our hopes were confirmed when her hormone levels started to rise. The classic song "It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas" was soon replaced with "It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Estrus"! Since timing is key to impregnating Giant Pandas, we monitored Ya Ya very closely...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
All of us in the China section of the Memphis Zoo want to wish
...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Summer is always an exciting season in CHINA because it's that time of
year when we get to celebrate the birthdays of our two adorable Giant
Pandas. Le Le turned 10 years old on July 18th and was pleasantly
surprised with a huge birthday bash the next day.
In preparation for the festivities, his keepers created a large
cardboard present with treats galore hidden inside. All of his
favorites, including dried pineapple, dried mango,...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
For those of you
unfamiliar with the Wolong National Nature Reserve, it is a protected
area in the Sichuan Province that houses over 4,000 different species
including more than 150 pandas. In 1980, the China Conservation and
Research Center for the Giant Panda was created inside the Wolong
reserve. This facility allowed researchers to conduct extensive
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
As many of you know, the recent earthquake in China had devastating
effects on the panda facility in Wolong, China. The earthquake damaged
the buildings in which the pandas were housed, has caused food delivery
problems, and left many of the panda's keepers homeless.
The Memphis Zoo along with several other zoos in the United States are
trying to raise money to aid the Chinese in their recovery efforts.
When you visit the Memphis Zoo, across from our dayrooms we have
stationed...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Summer has arrived with a vengence here in Memphis! The moderate temps
of spring that allowed YaYa and LeLe to be outside everyday are gone
and now they spend a majority of the time in their climate controlled
dayrooms. YaYa once again saw the typical giant panda breeding season
come and go and has yet to go in to season. She is definately a
mysterious young lady.
LeLe meanwhile has
continued with his schedule of eating, eating, eating, which has
allowed him to get up to 250 pounds....
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
5/12/2008 Andy Kouba, Director of Conservation and Research
The Memphis Zoo has many good friends at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in China and we are naturally very concerned for their safety and those of the animals after a massive 7.5 earthquake struck earlier today. We have sent communications to the Panda Base...
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