Pan Dah (c. September 1940 – October 31, 1951), also spelled Pan-dah,[3] was a female giant panda[4] captured in Western China[5] and settled in New York's Bronx Zoo.
[6] In 1941, Soong May-ling, Chiang Kai-shek, presented two giant pandas, Pan Dah and Pan Dee,[7] to the Bronx Zoo of the United States.
[8] The two giant pandas were used to demonstrate the non-Communist Chinese's love for the United States, especially for the Bronx.
[9] On October 31, 1951, Pan Dah died at the Bronx Zoo.
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