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A grand farewell!
A huge departure ceremony was held at the Chengdu Panda Base to say ‘bon voyage’ to Huan Huan and Yuan Zi. High-level officials and Chinese ministers, the Chinese Association of Zoological Parks and of course the Chengdu management were all present at this incredible ceremony as … Continue reading
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At the starting line…
It’s time! Their “suitcases” are packed and ready, and with just a few hours to go before they leave for France, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi are quietly feeding on fresh bamboo shoots, in their quarantine area at the Chengdu Panda Base. Having grown up together, they know each other very well and get along great! On … Continue reading
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Chengdu : babies on board!
We have already presented the Chengdu panda base, in China, where our future Beauval pandas were born. We now meet Zhang Hao, a keeper at the nursery in Chengdu who is soon to accompany Huan Huan and Yuan Zi to … Continue reading
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A complicated saga…
How do you look after giant pandas in a zoo? Some people think that the steps that must be taken in order to look after giant pandas are, in many ways, the same as for any other animal. Well, in … Continue reading
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All about Huan Huan et Yuan Zi!
The closer we get to the date of arrival, the more people want to know about the pandas, soon to be arriving at Beauval… Do they have any defining features, any interesting or unusual behavior? To learn more about them, … Continue reading
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But where do they come from?
Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, soon to be new lodgers at Beauval, are two giant pandas who were born in Chengdu, China. To be more precise, they were born at the Chengdu panda base (Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda … Continue reading
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The Beauval-Beijing express !
Rodolphe and Delphine Delord are going on Saturday, December 3rd to Beijing to sign the French-Chinese giant panda research and conservation agreement, a project on which the management of Beauval has been working for the last 5 years! Even the … Continue reading
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