SD Zoo's Giant Panda Conservation Unit has Achieved Many Scientific Breakthroughs

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published September 2, 2008 at 7:02 AM PDT

This story was published more than 15 years ago.

What have been the biggest accomplishments to come out of the San Diego Zoo's Giant Panda Conservation Unit? Over the last decade, the zoo's pandas have given birth to four healthy cubs, and entertai

Tom Fudge: Pandas are well known to San Diegans. Our zoo has given birth to four panda cubs over the past decade. And, this coming Sunday night, KPBS Television will air a documentary program about Pandas and the work of the Giant Panda Conservation Unit at the San Diego Zoo. The program is called Panda Tales .

Panda Tales will air Sunday night at 8pm on KPBS-TV, cable channel 11, broadcast channel 15.

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Guests

Kathi Diamant, is the co-writer and narrator of Panda Tales , which is a national PBS pledge show that was produced here at KPBS.  
Dr. Ron Swaisgood , co-head of the Giant Panda Conservation Unit at the San Diego Zoo.
Kathy Hawk , San Diego Zoo senior keeper. Kathy has been working with the zoo's Giant Panda population for many years.