Former home of giant pandas to be turned into habitat for sloth bears It is hoped the new habitat will be ready by this summer. Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025
‘Rewinding human mistakes’: can IVF save the world’s most threatened species? Technology, viewed as last-ditch insurance policy, this week led to first successful white rhino embryo transfer The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2024
Pandas get to travel first-class from Scotland to China Yang Guang and Tian Tian have lived in the UK for 12 years The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023
Hard To Bear: UK's Only Pandas Return To China The UK's only giant pandas left Edinburgh for China on Monday after spending 12 cubless years in the Scottish capital. International Business Times · Dec 4, 2023
Why are Edinburgh Zoo pandas heading back to China? They'll each travel in 190cm long, 146cm high and 127cm wide metal crates Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023
Goodbye Yang Guang and Tian Tian! Britain's only giant pandas fly back to China after 12 years in Edinburgh Yang Guang and Tian Tian are making their way back to China after 12 years in the Scottish capital Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023
‘Rock star of an animal’: Edinburgh zoo’s pandas to return to China After 12 years in Scotland, pandas to fly home amid ongoing dispute about purpose of zoos and ethics of China’s panda diplomacy The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023
Exit from Edinburgh zoo may signal end to era of China’s panda diplomacy Beijing’s strained relations with the west are less easily mollified by loans of cuddly endangered bears The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023
Panda diplomacy: How to see Edinburgh Zoo's giant pandas before they return to China Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in Scotland in 2011 but are due to return to their native land Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2023
Britain’s only giant pandas set to leave Edinburgh Zoo after 12-year stay Yang Guang and Tian Tian have lived at zoo in Scotland since 2011 The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023
Scotland waves goodbye to 'utter rockstar' pandas after 12 years BACK in 2011, the arrival of giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang to Scotland’s capital was a huge moment that made headlines all over the world. The National (Scotland) · Nov 30, 2023
Last chance to see Edinburgh Zoo pandas before their return to China Yang Guang and Tian Tian have lived at the zoo since 2011. The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023
Two weeks left to see Edinburgh Zoo pandas before pair head to China ANIMAL lovers have just two more weeks to catch a glimpse of the UK’s only giant pandas as the Edinburgh Zoo's beloved Yang Guang and Tian Tian… The National (Scotland) · Nov 17, 2023
Animal lovers have two weeks left to see giant pandas before they leave UK Tian Tian and Yang Guang are set to return to China after living at Edinburgh Zoo since 2011. The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2023 Scotland's giant pandas to return to China after producing no cubs EDINBURGH Zoo's giant pandas will return to China in December, it has been confirmed.
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023 Edinburgh pandas will go back to China in December, zoo confirms Yang Guang and Tian Tian were brought to Scotland in 2011 as part of an initial 10-year agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association.
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Evening Standard · May 19, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas to return to China after 12 years The facility will stage farewell events and experiences ahead of Yang Guang and Tian Tian’s departure.
Edinburgh Live · May 19, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo set to bid farewell to pandas as they return to China The Chinese pandas arrived in December 2011 and have cost around £640,000 a year to rent - that is without the cost of food, veterinary care and their enclosures.
Daily Record · May 18, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang to return to China after 12 years The giant pandas quickly became the star attraction of the zoo when they were first welcomed back in December 2011 - but they are likely to be split up soon.
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023 Goodbye Sweetie and Sunshine as Edinburgh Zoo pandas move back to China after 12 years The then eight-year-old Tian Tian (which translates as Sweetie) and her proposed mate Yang Guang (Sunshine) drew huge crowds when they arrived in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Live · Feb 1, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo gives lucky locals chance to feed giant pandas before they leave Several lucky winners will be gifted the once in a lifetime opportunity to get close and personal with one of the zoo's giant pandas before they depart the capital to return to China later in the year
The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo to offer visitors the chance to feed giant pandas Pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian are set to return to China this year after 12 years in Scotland.
Daily Record · Feb 1, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo visitors could win last chance to feed giant pandas before return to China Edinburgh Zoo has revealed that its giant pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian will leave the capital later this year, but not before giving guests a final chance to feed them.
The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023 Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas to return to China this year The facility will stage farewell events and experiences ahead of Yang Guang and Tian Tian’s departure.