Name the giant panda in California

On November 10, the giant panda born at San Diego Zoo (California state, USA) was named Su Lin in early August, which means " cute boy " in Chinese. .

This male bear was born on August 2 and was named after 100 days, following the tradition. When she was born, the zoo had mistakenly stated that this was a female bear.

The bear's name was chosen by 5 of the tourists to visit the zoo via the Internet and it coincides with the name of another bear - the first panda to be brought back to the US by an explorer in 1936 Mother Bai Yun, 13, gave birth to Su Lin on August 2, just 5 days after the zoo announced it was pregnant.

As one of the highest endangered mammals, San Diego Zoo hired Bai Yun from China. It took turns giving birth in 1999 and 2003.

Another bear was born in Washington on July 9 and named Tai Shan, meaning jungle. It is very rare to bear a baby. Currently, in the world, the number of giant pandas is only about 1,600 live in wilderness in the highlands of Sichuan (western China) and about 160 are kept in other countries. together.

From 1984, China started to lease these famous bears to long-term zoos, in which rental money could be about $ 1 million a year.

Bai Yun lease between Beijing and San Diergo zoo lasts 3 years for $ 500,000 / year.

San Diergo Zoo is so large that visitors cannot go all the way in one day. Here, besides the newborn baby bear, there are 3 giant pandas: Bai Yun, Gao Gao, 13 years old and Mei Sheng, 2 years old.

We can observe directly Su Lin through the 'Caméra panda' of the San Diego zoo via the website: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_panda_station.html.