There are 5 article(s) tagged giant pandas:

• April 2023

  • Ya Ya heads for retirement in China

    After a 20-year stint at the Memphis Zoo, Ya Ya returns to Shanghai, China, accompanied by the zoo’s senior veterinarian and chief zoological officer.

    By Jane Roberts April 27, 2023

• March 2023

  • 20 years ago, two giant pandas came to Memphis and made an enormous impact

    As Ya Ya and Le Le prepare to return home to China in the coming months, Memphis Zoo officials are preparing to make an official bid for a new mating pair of pandas. 

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    Leaders, residents say goodbye to giant pandas

    By Jane Roberts March 28, 2023

• February 2023

  • Giant panda Le Le remembered as ‘easygoing, playful’

    A somber mood hovered over the China exhibit as the Memphis Zoo grieves the death of Le Le, its male giant panda.

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    One of Memphis Zoo’s giant pandas dies

    By Abigail Warren February 03, 2023

• December 2022

  • Leaders, residents say goodbye to giant pandas

    “It does make me sad that we will have to say goodbye to them after they’ve become such a part of our Memphis history and what we know and love about our Memphis Zoo.”

    By Alicia Davidson December 21, 2022

• May 2020

  • Bamboozled? Not Memphis Zoo, easily feeding pandas during pandemic

    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. 

    By Tom Bailey May 20, 2020