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Travel Log: The Pandas of Old Leopard Mountain and the Overseas Born Area

After leaving White Bear Plains, we made our way over to Old Leopard Mountain, which is also known as the Overseas Born pandas area (although pandas who are not overseas-born still reside in the area). The visit to this area introduced us to Lin Bing (just a couple of days out of quarantine), Fu Wa, Shu Qin, Yuan Yuan, Wu Gang, Le Sheng, and Yao Xin.

Lin Bing was born on 27 May 2009 at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand to Lin Hui and Chuang Chuan. She was the first giant panda born in Thailand (they are expecting another any day). Lin Bing had just recently been returned from Thailand when we visited Bifengxia. In fact, she had only been out of quarantine and in her new enclosure for a few days when we arrived. Read more about Lin Bing and her friends here.