Bamboozled? Not Memphis Zoo, easily feeding pandas during pandemic
Memphis Zoo staff member Daryl Watson harvests bamboo shoots at Shelby Farms on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. The Zoo grows seven species of bamboo over 10 acres that will be fed to panda bears “Ya Ya” and “Le Le.” daily. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
The Calgary Zoo is having to return its two giant pandas to China because of pandemic-caused logistics problems in getting enough bamboo. But the Memphis Zoo has its own bamboo farm as well as bamboo donors.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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