Pan Dah
Chinese name潘达[1]
Other name班达[1]
Bornc. September 1940[2]
DiedOctober 31, 1951[2]

Pan Dah (c. September 1940 – October 31, 1951), also spelled Pan-dah,[3] was a female giant panda[4] captured in Western China[5] and settled in New York's Bronx Zoo.[6]

In 1941, Soong May-ling, Chiang Kai-shek, presented two giant pandas, Pan Dah and Pan Dee,[7] to the Bronx Zoo of the United States.[8] The two giant pandas were used to demonstrate the non-Communist Chinese's love for the United States, especially for the Bronx.[9]

On October 31, 1951, Pan Dah died at the Bronx Zoo.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Secret Sino-American "Panda Diplomacy" during the Anti-Japanese War (3)". China News Service. 2013-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Bronx Zoo". www.giantpandazoo.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  3. ^ Lucy Cooke (Apr 6, 2018). "The Un-Cuddly Truth About Pandas - WSJ". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ "Pan-Dee and Pan-Dah Cut Capers Before Accepting Names at the Zoo; Baby Giant Pandas, Gifts of Mme. Chiang, Outmanoeuvred -- Girls Place Wreaths as 300, Photographers Excepted, Enjoy Fun". The New York Times. May 28, 1942.
  5. ^ Animal Kingdom: Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society. New York Zoological Society. 1951.
  6. ^ Colin Schultz (July 28, 2014). "Ueno Zoo panda pair off-limits to public as female in heat". Smithsonian.
  7. ^ Mure Dickie (May 7, 2005). "China brings 'panda diplomacy' to bear on Taiwan". Financial Times.
  8. ^ Carl Swanson (Mar 8, 2017). "Suddenly, New York's Rich Are Obsessed With Importing Pandas". New York.
  9. ^ Douglas Martin (Oct 5, 2000). "Yes, We Have No Bronx Pandas; The Bears Seem to Be Everywhere Except New York". The New York Times.
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