Two giant pandas are due to arrive at Edinburgh zoo next Sunday after long negotiations with the Chinese government. Tian Tian and Yang Guang will be on a ten-year loan as part of an international breeding programme to save the endangered species from extinction. The last giant pandas to come to Britain, more than 20 years ago, failed to produce any offspring, so the authorities are hoping for better luck this time.
Here is my photo of the previous pair, Ching Ching and Chia Chia, at London Zoo in 1980. They were presented to former Prime Minister Edward Heath after a visit to China, in a friendship bid to ‘cool’ Cold War diplomatic relations.
Have i mentioned i LOVE Pandas, thankyou for sharing this, love it and fav for me..... my time in China with these beautiful animals was just not long enough,, they have such wonderful personalities...
luv these guys Arthur, my daughter just got back from Hong Kong and posted a pic of a panda at Ocean Park, if you'd like a look she's @fragmonster, and it was put on 15th November :)
@june ,,, Good question;I think we are expected to pay them back with baby pandas! @pandorasecho@trude@debsulzberger ... nice to hear from people who have seen them in their own part of the world.
I had the rare privilege of getting very close to one at the London Zoo and will post a shot tomorrow.
lovely looking beasts.
@pandorasecho @trude @debsulzberger ... nice to hear from people who have seen them in their own part of the world.
I had the rare privilege of getting very close to one at the London Zoo and will post a shot tomorrow.