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The Giant Panda is an endangered species. According to the latest report, China has 239 giant pandas in captivity (128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu), and another 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are currently living in the wild. Though reports show that the numbers [...]

“He was lying on his back as he died, giving the impression that he had lived a full life,” Ueno Zoo director Teruyuki Komiya told a news conference. “It was a peaceful death and it did not look like he had suffered.” According to the zoo, Ling Ling was the fifth oldest male among pedigree-registered [...]

Ling Ling moved to Tokyo from Beijing in 1992 for breeding purposes, but the Tokyo Zoo failed to breed any panda cubs between Ling Ling and three other pandas there. Ling Ling, pictured to the right, had been living alone since 2005. This raises the question of whether Chinese President Hu Jintao might engage in [...]

Ling Ling moved to Tokyo from Beijing in 1992 for breeding purposes, but the Tokyo Zoo failed to breed any panda cubs between Ling Ling and three other pandas there. Ling Ling, pictured to the right, had been living alone since 2005. China has conducted panda diplomacy with Japan in the past and donated four [...]