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Thursday, December 16, 1999, updated at 09:30(GMT+8) Culture Zoo Animals Get New Mates in Tianjin Thirty-six animals and birds in the Tianjin Zoo have found new mates from other zoos around the country. Beginning in September of this year, zookeepers in Tianjin have traveled to 18 cities including Xi'an, Jinan, Chengdu, Lanzhou, and Guangzhou, to find mates for their animals. It is said that a leopardess has just held a wedding ceremony with her bridegroom from Chengdu Zoo in southwest China's Sichuan Province. To date, the 36 animals of 16 species, including Siberian tigers, leopards, African lions, black panthers, and Arabian baboons, have new suitable mates. Printer-friendly Version In This SectionSearch Back to top Copyright by People's Daily Online, All rights reserved |
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