Thai Panda: Visit Panda in Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City

16. Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City

Has 3 giant pandas: Xiu Hua, Shuan Shuan & Xin Xin

Xiu Hua

Xiu Hua (female) was born on June 25, 1985 at the Chapultepec Zoo. Her mother is Ying Ying and her father is Pe Pe.

Shuan Shuan

Shuan Shuan (female) was born on June 15, 1987 at the Chapultepec Zoo. Her mother is Ying Ying and her father is Pe Pe. She went on a mating trip to Ling Ling at the Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan from December 3, 2003 until September 26, 2005.

Xin Xin

Xin Xin (female) was born on July 1, 1990 at the Chapultepec Zoo. Her name means "hope" in Chinese. Her mother is Tohui and her father is Chia Chia.

History of Giant Pandas in Mexico City

Pe Pe & Ying Ying

Pe Pe (male) & Ying Ying (female) came to Mexico on September 10, 1975 as a goodwill gift from the Chinese government when vice-premier Chen Yuachi visited Mexico. They were the first giant panda couple outside of China to reproduce. Pe Pe died on July 20, 1988. Ying Ying died on January 29, 1989.

Xen Li

Xen Li (female) was born on August 10, 1980. Her mother is Ying Ying and her father is Pe Pe. It was the first time that a giant panda was born outside of China. Sadly, the cub died after only 8 days, when she was crushed by her mother on August 18, 1980.

Tohui

Tohui (female) was born on July 21, 1981 at the Chapultepec Zoo. Her mother is Ying Ying and her father is Pe Pe. She was the first giant panda born outside of China who survived and also the first giant panda born outside of China to reproduce. She died on November 16, 1993.

Liang Liang

Liang Liang (male) was born on June 22, 1983 at the Chapultepec Zoo. His mother is Ying Ying and her father is Pe Pe. He died on May 23, 1999.

Chia Chia

Chia Chia (male) was born approximately in 1972. He was a goodwill gift from the Chinese Government to the prime minister of England, Edward Heath. He arrived with Ching Ching at the London Zoo on September 14, 1974. After Ching Ching's death on June 20, 1985, Chia Chia stayed alone in London until 1988. He went on a breeding loan to Mexico City, to mate with Tohui. After a stop in Cincinatti, U.S.A., he arrived at the Chapultepec Zoo on November 30, 1988. He became the father of Xin Xin on July 1, 1990. Chia Chia died in Mexico on October 13, 1988.

Ling Ling

Ling Ling (male) was born on September 5, 1985 at the Beijing Zoo, China. In 1987 he went on a trip to the Bronx Zoo, New York, U.S.A. and to Busch Gardens, Tampa, U.S.A. On November 5, 1992 the Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan became Ling Ling's new home. After his mate, Tong Tong, died he made three breeding trips to the Chapultepec Zoo to mate with their three females. He stayed in Mexico from January 29, 2000 unitil April 24, 2001, from November 12, 2001 until April 24, 2002 and from January 27, 2003 until April 26, 2003. On April 30, 2008 Ling Ling had an hart-attack and died at the Ueno Zoo.