Hancock Wildlife Foundation

2020-05-18_225354.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Zoo Atlanta will be open to the public as of Saturday, May 16, 2020. Danica W May 18, 2020 Things have been fairly normal for the giant pandas since our last update. The pandas didn’t seem to ...

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2020-05-02_230655.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Danica W April 29, 2020 It’s the giant pandas’ and Panda Care Team’s favorite time of year: bamboo shoot season! Bamboo shoots are popping up on Zoo grounds, as well as at some of the sites wh...

Thank you Bev, she was wonderful and always had a big crowd around her yard, watching her always busy, everyone did love her ~ she was a total J O Y & such a precious memory :rh: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2020-04-24_200239.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left bac...

2020-04-15_213832.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Danica W April 6, 2020 :rh: :cry1: We recently had to make the difficult decision to say goodbye to the smallest but mightiest of our panda family here at Zoo Atlanta, Idgie the red panda. At ...

Thanks Bev & Judy glad you are doing well in the current serious virus distancing. Some good ways in below updates shown again to identify the adults from each other {they're solitary}~~ and the twins who are together. I'm glad they play with Daddy Yang I saw him doing somersaults in his den the ot...

Thank you too Bev! You are right they are getting big, & wonder if they'll be as big as their parents, which are considered fairly large adult pandas. They are so spunky too, and seem more themselves today dealing with the lack of their loyal friends/fans at the windows :( March 14 to possibly March...

2020-03-14_225439.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Amanda D. March 11, 2020 Did you know that both red pandas and giant pandas have pseudothumbs? Although they belong to different families (giant pandas are part of the Ursidae or bear family, ...

2020-03-14_225625.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Danica W February 26, 2020 We have been seeing a lot of breeding season-related behaviors from Yang Yang recently. This is typical for this time of year, and although Lun Lun and Yang Yang are...

Pandas Frolicking in Winter Jan. 14, 2020 The pandas like to romp in the colder weather Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have been having some adventures around the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat! Keepers have been utilizing the extra space in the giant panda habitats to switch outdoor yards...

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...There She Goes

2020-01-29_232656.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ :huggie: after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Heather R January 29, 2020 The twins had a big adventure this week! Xi Lun finally convinced Ya Lun to join her in the behind-the-scenes habitat! Ya Lun was still a bit unsure of hers...

2020-01-20_002022.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Amanda D. January 17, 2020 The IUCN Red List has the red panda (ailurus fulgens) listed as Endangered. Their populations are declining for a multitude of reasons such as “housing and commercia...

:woohoo: ~~ :%: ~ ZA Play Today ~ 1/7/20 1-7-20 za play.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post 1-7-20 za play today.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post 1-7-20 za play today 3.jpg ^ click 2X biggest...

Thank you! & Same to you Bev & everyone, the best in this New Year! :hooray: :grhug: 2020-01-07_225837.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ Ya Lun Looks like an Angel :cloud9: ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Amanda D. December 30, 2019 Ninety-nine percent of the giant panda’s ...

2019-12-23_230217.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Michelle E. December 16, 2019 Yesterday was a great example of how well the primary keepers on the Panda Care Team know the animals they see every day! Lun Lun was in one of the outdoor habita...

2019-12-23_230141.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Jen A December 23, 2019 One of my favorite things about being a member of the Panda Care Team is seeing the different relationships that the pandas have with each of their keepers. This is the...

2019-12-15_235355.jpg Danica W December 9, 2019 The colder months are generally the busiest time of year for the Panda Care Team and the pandas in our care. During this time, all of the pandas are eating more and sleeping less. For the giant pandas, this means a lot of culming the bamboo (the proce...

Ferenz, so glad to see them on their own thread. They are making such expressive faces. So precious!

2019-12-15_225119.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Amanda D. December 13, 2019 The Panda Care Team gets a weight on Idgie the red panda weekly. Accomplishing this task requires Idgie to get into a small, black rubber tub that you see pictured ...

2019-12-09_223017.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Danica W December 2, 2019 I hope that everyone was able to enjoy a nice holiday this past week surrounded by the things and people you are thankful for. Many of us on the Animal Care Team here...

2019-12-09_222921.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Amanda D. December 6, 2019 The Panda Care Team checks on each of the giant pandas, as well as Idgie the red panda, multiple times throughout the day. One reason that we do this is to ensure th...

Ferenz thank you for the gr8 news report :ty: ~ we will miss the wonderful Bei! :rh: & wish him a blessed life in lucky China! 11-19-19 bei bei bye plane.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view, go to return arrow on top left screen, back to post ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smithsonian’s National...

Bei Bei left the Zoo after 8:30 am in his crate, it had a window in it, so he could look out, and you could see him moving around in there, lots of photographers there, and Zoo Keepers brought the boo and snacks, etc. out first {maybe some favorite enrichment toys?} The 18 minute video is on Nation...

Nov. 08, 2019 https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/snapshot-bei-bei-picturesSnapshot: Bei Bei in Pictures Giant panda Bei Bei knows how to work his angles! Check out some of our favorite snaps of this remarkably photogenic bear from the past four years. ~~~ Nov. 08, 2019 https://nationalzoo.si.ed...

The Zoo will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, due to the departure of giant panda Bei Bei. by National Zoo Photos from above Bei Bei CBS video post ^ and somersault GIF 11-18-19 nz video gif.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ CBS News & Zoo photos ~ after clicking to view, go to return arrow on top left ...

Twitter Nat'l Zoo lots of gifs, photos, videos of Bei Bei's going to China, Fed Ex Plane, etc. :vid: https://twitter.com/NationalZoo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :rh: :pan: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :vid: 1.41 min https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bei-bei-panda-leaving-the-national-zoo-for-china-2019-11-18/ ( ^ darling ...

2019-11-16_171106.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post ~ :D q. yes I'm smiling, and I love their togetherness, :huggie: which is most of the time :rh: Amanda D. November 15, 2019 We always like to try and have Xi Lun and Ya Lun out in one of our c...

11/11/19 ~ Appreciate & Honor USA Veterans on their Remembrance Holiday Today :bravo: 2019-11-11_223503.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Amanda D. November 11, 2019 Giant pandas were once found throughout a wide range of southern and eastern C...

2019-11-06_234517.jpg ^ click 2X biggest ~ after clicking to view click return arrow top left back to post Heather R November 6, 2019 If you live in Atlanta, you know we have had a marked change in the weather in recent days, much to the pandas’ delight! We skipped autumn entirely and went straight...