World&#39;s only human-bred panda in wild dies
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The only giant panda released into the wild after being bred in captivity has died, setting back China&#39;s efforts to save the critically endangered species, state press reported Thursday.
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The giant panda cub born in an Austrian zoo was actually a twin, but its sibling died, the zoo said Friday.
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An African elephant, which collapsed and died at the Los Angeles Zoo this week, suffered a heart attack, officials said on Wednesday, and animal rights activists said the death underscored the risks of confining the large mammals in urban zoos.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- In sad news for animal lovers, the San Francisco Zoo announced Friday that Emily, a 12-year-old female Siberian tiger, died Thursday night from unknown causes.
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The animals died at Sriracha Tiger Zoo after being fed the carcasses of chickens infected with the disease. The zoo has been forced to close its doors to the public while authorities investigate.
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1st LD-Writethru: China has 221 pandas bred in captivity    BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China currently has 221 pandas that have been bred in captivity with 32 panda cubs born through artificial insemination this year, 28 of whom have survived.
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About 2 million years ago, in  lowland tropical forests of what is now China, lived an  ancestor of the giant panda that was very similar to the famed  vegetarian bear except about half the size, scientists said.
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A 24-year-old Komodo dragon given to U.S. President George H.W. Bush as a gift from the Indonesian government has died of an abdominal infection at the Cincinnati Zoo &amp; Botanical Garden. Naga, who sired 32 offspring, died Sunday, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported in Tuesday editions.
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A panda in China who became pregnant after watching sex education videos gives birth to twins.
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All four white Bengal tiger cubs born this week at a traveling zoo exhibit died within a few hours of one another, a zoo official said. A cause of death was not immediately released.
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China has 221 pandas bred in captivity    BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China currently has 221 pandas that have been bred in captivity with 32 panda cubs born using artificial insemination this year, 28 of whom have survived.
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ATLANTA -- After seven years of trying and hoping, Zoo Atlanta officials announced a rare giant panda birth Wednesday, one of only a few in the United States. Lun Lun, a 9-year-old giant panda, gave birth just before 5 p.m. after 35 hours of labor.
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Scientists in China may use a police dog to teach pandas to fight after the first artificially bred panda released into the wild was apparently killed after a battle with other animals, local media reported on Saturday.
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BEIJING  - The oldest panda raised in captivity has died at an eastern China zoo at the age of 33, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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About 2 million years ago, in lowland tropical forests of what is now China, lived an ancestor of the giant panda that was very similar to the famed vegetarian bear except about half the size, scientists said.
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The giant panda's earliest known ancestor was much smaller than its modern day counterpart, scientists say