French zoo workers say their goodbyes as two pandas head to retirement in China
World 17:25 25/10/2025PARIS -- Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Beauval Zoo, will head to retirement in China next month, leaving behind twins born during a 13-year stay intended to strengthen diplomatic ties.
Loggers in China destroying parts of panda sanctuary - Greenpeace
World 17:48 21/10/2015Logging of more than 3,200 acres (1,295 hectares) of natural forest has threatened the habitats of rare plants and animals in the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, Greenpeace found during a two-year investigation.
April Fool panda joke 'went too far', says Taipei mayor
World 21:00 02/04/2014The story, published on the homepages of Next Media websites in Hong Kong and Taiwan, claimed that Yuan Yuan, mother of the first Taiwan-born panda cub Yuan Zai, was seriously ill.