<P> Su Lin ( Chinese : 蘇 琳 ; pinyin : Sūlín ) was the name given to the giant panda cub captured in 1936 and brought to America by the explorer Ruth Harkness . The first panda kept outside of China , it would die just two years later , but marked the beginning of an extensive series of pandas being taken abroad from China . </P>
<P> Su Lin ( Chinese : 蘇 琳 ; pinyin : Sūlín ) was the name given to the giant panda cub captured in 1936 and brought to America by the explorer Ruth Harkness . The first panda kept outside of China , it would die just two years later , but marked the beginning of an extensive series of pandas being taken abroad from China . </P>
when did the first panda come to america
when did the first panda come to america
1936
1936