US panda set to meet public
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March 8, 2010, Monday
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TAI Shan, a giant panda born in the United States, will meet the public on March 9 at a panda breeding base in Sichuan Province.
The four-year-old male would conclude his one-month quarantine and debut at the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, said Li Desheng, the center's deputy director.
Tai Shan, born in July 2005 and raised at the National Zoo of Washington, arrived at the center on February 5.
After spending more than 20 days together at the center, Tai Shan and his keeper, Wu Daifu, are now familiar with each other, Li said, adding that the panda could now understand some Sichuan dialect.
The panda could sit, squat or stand under Wu's instructions, and receive health checkups without the need to be sedated, Li said.
Tomorrow, he will move to a new 30-square-meter home and become the neighbor of 14 giant pandas aged two to four.
Tai Shan was due to return to China at the age of two but the Chinese government agreed to postpone its return twice in 2007 and 2009 at the request of the Washington National Zoo.
Tai Shan's father, Tian Tian, 13, and mother, Mei Xiang, 12, are due to return to China in December.
The four-year-old male would conclude his one-month quarantine and debut at the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, said Li Desheng, the center's deputy director.
Tai Shan, born in July 2005 and raised at the National Zoo of Washington, arrived at the center on February 5.
After spending more than 20 days together at the center, Tai Shan and his keeper, Wu Daifu, are now familiar with each other, Li said, adding that the panda could now understand some Sichuan dialect.
The panda could sit, squat or stand under Wu's instructions, and receive health checkups without the need to be sedated, Li said.
Tomorrow, he will move to a new 30-square-meter home and become the neighbor of 14 giant pandas aged two to four.
Tai Shan was due to return to China at the age of two but the Chinese government agreed to postpone its return twice in 2007 and 2009 at the request of the Washington National Zoo.
Tai Shan's father, Tian Tian, 13, and mother, Mei Xiang, 12, are due to return to China in December.
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