Biography panda bear facts san diego zoo
Biography panda bear facts san diego zoo
Panda bear family...
As excitement builds for the giant pandas' return to San Diego, let's take a look back at the Zoo's long history with the black-and-white bears.
September 10, 1996: Bai Yun and Shi Shi arrive at the San Diego Zoo from the Wolong Panda Preserve in China.
August 21, 1999: Hua Mei was born in San Diego, the first panda cub to survive in captivity in the United States.
She was the product of artificial insemination between Bai Yun and Shi Shi.
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January 2003: Gao Gao arrived in San Diego as a new mate for Bai Yun.
Born in the wild, he would go on to father five cubs at the San Diego Zoo.
August 19, 2003: Mei Sheng was the first cub born to Bai Yun and Gao Gao and the second cub to be born at the San Diego Zoo.
He was moved to China at age 4.
February 2004: Hua Mei returns to China where she would live at the Wolong Giant Panda Con