One of Memphis Zoo’s giant pandas dies
Le Le, one of the Zoo’s star attractions, chomped bamboo during a special panda event on March 14, 2020, as the Memphis Zoo celebrated National Panda Day. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Le Le was born July 18, 1998, in China and came to Memphis in 2003. At that time, Memphis was one of four U.S. zoos to have panda bears.
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Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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