Giant Panda Ling-Ling Attacks Keeper
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Print"Ling-Ling" attacks panda keeper Edwin Jacobs when he enters her cage to remove some stray bamboo. In his confrontation with the 250 pound female Giant Panda, Jacobs suffered scratches on his left shoulder and a deep laceration on his right leg.
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," February 1985, p. 2.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December, 1984