Annette from China relays some sad news today. Panda #20, known as Quan Quan, died suddenly at the Jinan Zoo.
"The death occurred at 10 pm Thursday inside a former air-raid shelter where zoo keepers had brought the panda, named Quan Quan, to escape the summer heat, said Liu Jungang, the spokesman for Jinan Zoo.
Experts and zoo staff are currently investigating the cause of death, said Liu.
The female panda Quan Quan, a superstar of Jinan Zoo and a "heroic mother", has given birth to seven cubs.
Quan Quan arrived at Jinan zoo three years ago. Now, at the age of 21, the panda was the equivalent age of a woman more than 70 years old." China Daily.
She was wild born and brought to the Wolong Base, where she was a hero mother of these cubs.
2000 Xi Mei,
2001 twins[Xiang Xiang]& Fu Fu,
2003 twins Yang Gang& Xin Yue,
2004 Tong Tong
We have some videos taken back in April 2009, at the Jinan Zoo where she was currently living, to remember "Beauty of Wolong" as they called her at Wolong, thanks to Annette, (yingying816)
