Panda pair to make public debut at San Diego Zoo on Aug 8

The panda pair that arrived at the San Diego Zoo in California, USA, from China earlier this summer will make their eagerly awaited public debut on August 8, the zoo has announced. The two are the first pandas to enter the USA in 21 years. “We are delighted to introduce Yun Chuan [pronounced yoon chu-an] and Xin Bao [pronounced sing bao] to our San Diego Zoo community,” said Paul Baribault, president and chief executive officer...

Is it a panda, or is it a dog? It’s a ‘panda dog’

Who doesn’t love pandas? Those cute, fluffy, calm, black-and-white bears are among the cutest in the animal kingdom. Any zoo would love to have them. But when one zoo in China could not get some pandas, it decided to simply fake them, according to a news report. Taizhou Zoo in the eastern province of Jiangsu came under fire on Chinese social media after deciding to colour two Chow Chow dogs in black and white patterns...