Su Lin (1930s giant panda)

Su Lin (Chinese: 蘇琳; pinyin: Sūlín) was the name given to the giant panda cub captured in 1936 and brought to America by Ruth Harkness.

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.

)[4] 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.