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. 1 2 "Secret Sino-American "Panda Diplomacy" during the Anti-Japanese War (3)". China News Service. 2013-02-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "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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