New Red Panda Joins Turtle Back Zoo
Jing-Li is the Newest Addition to the TBZ Family(February 5, 2014 – West Orange, NJ): Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. welcomed a new Red Panda at Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. The Red Panda named Jing-Li came to Essex County Turtle Back Zoo from The Philadelphia Zoo as a Species Survival Plan (SSP) recommended transfer for breeding. The 7-year-old female panda has settled into the Amazing Asia exhibit with the Zoo’s resident 11-year-old male Red Panda named Sebastian, who originally came from Knoxville, Tenn. “Acquiring a second red panda through our affiliation with AZA