Tai Shan is Moving to China

Tai Shan was born in 2005 at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The giant panda turned four last July, and now it’s time for him to relocate to China. This Saturday, January 30, there will be a farewell celebration for Tai Shan at the National Zoo. Tai Shan will leave the zoo on February 4.

Tai Shan is going to China to be part of a panda breeding program. Giant pandas are endangered, with fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the wild. China’s giant panda breeding program will help sustain the numbers of wild pandas.

Learn more about Tai Shan’s farewell party on the National Zoo’s website.

Learn more about giant pandas on National Geographic Kids.

Photograph by
Jessie Cohen/Smithsonian National Zoo

Comments

emshemie3
January 29, 2010, 11:13 pm

Hopefully Tai Shan will like China…
braceface_chik
February 1, 2010, 9:37 pm

I wonder how Tai Shan will be transported from here to China?? A train, a plane, or a boat?
britany5455
February 2, 2010, 10:25 am

Man i would go if i was mot far away from washington d.c
maybe he well like to help and like china
farewell tai shan
kwydila
February 3, 2010, 6:14 pm

I heard about Tai Shan on NPR. Seems like every one really loved the Panda. Hopefully Tai Shan will love her new home.
wendyk09
February 4, 2010, 4:38 pm

i love pandas and i wish & hope her best in the future.
1007820
February 25, 2010, 4:06 pm

AWWWWWWWWW!!!!! Soooooo cute!
lovemonkey
March 7, 2010, 4:22 pm

awwwww! me and my best friend love pandas
aly L
April 9, 2010, 7:10 am

sooo
cute i want it as a pet for moi
dj_mina
April 14, 2010, 5:55 pm

She should be my new teddy bear! I’ll take care of her as if she was my own little girl…. Even though I don’t even have one!
I <3 u! Wish you all the best,

LOVE,
dj_mina,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxooooooooooooooooo