kai kai and jia jia came to singapore in september 2012.
when did kai kai and jia jia come to singapore?
september 2012
one of the main attractions is a pair of male and female giant pandas – kai kai (凯凯) and jia jia (嘉嘉) – which are housed in a specially constructed climate-controlled enclosure which change throughout the four seasons emulating their original environment. the zoo grows its own plantation of special bamboo specially for the feeding of the giant pandas. these pandas are a sign of the twentieth anniversary of friendly sino-singapore relations. the park also received a conservation donation from capitaland. the names of the two pandas were selected from entries of a public naming competition organised in 2010. the pandas, which arrived in september 2012, are on a ten-year loan from china.
river safari
jia jia (giant panda)





















































jia jia was a female giant panda who resided at ocean park hong kong. at the time of her death, she was the oldest giant panda in captivity.





















































jia jia was born in the wilderness of sichuan province and was rescued in qingchuan county around the age of two. she was housed in wolong national nature reserve before being transferred to hong kong in 1999, as a gesture to the territory following the british handover. at the time of her death, she had high blood pressure, arthritis and cataracts.
jia jia (giant panda)