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Su Lin (1930s giant panda)
Su Lin () 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.
==History==
Harkness mentioned in her 1938 book ''The Baby Giant Panda'' that the capture took place within a day's walk from the Min River in Sichuan.〔Harkness, Ruth. ''The Baby Giant Panda'', 1938. New York: Carrick & Evans. p.36.〕 Su Lin, about 9 weeks old at the time of his capture,〔Vicki Constantine Croke. ''The Lady and the Panda''. Random House, 2006. 129.〕 was named after Su-Lin Young, the sister-in-law of Harkness's Chinese-American expedition partner Quentin Young. Harkness translated Su Lin as meaning "a little bit of something very cute".〔SPatricia Sullivan. "(Adelaide 'Su-Lin' Young, 96, Explorer and Panda Namesake )". ''The Washington Post''. May 22, 2008. Retrieved on November 17, 2009.〕 (Harkness and Young were unaware that the baby panda was, in fact, a male.)〔"(Animals: He or She? )" ''Time''. May 1, 1939. Retrieved on November 17, 2009.〕
Harkness returned to America with the bottle-fed cub, and Su Lin became the first live panda to be displayed in the United States. In April 1937, the panda was purchased by Brookfield Zoo outside of Chicago, where he was visited by such celebrities as Shirley Temple, Kermit Roosevelt, and Helen Hayes. Harkness brought a second panda, Mei-Mei, to be a companion for Su Lin at the zoo in February 1938. However, the two animals fought with each other, and were soon separated. Su Lin died of pneumonia only a few weeks after Mei-Mei's arrival.〔Andrea Frederici Ross. ''Let the Lions Roar''. Chicago Zoological Society. 1997. 64-67.〕 He was replaced by Mei-Lan the following year.
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