Edinburgh panda Tian Tian is world’s favourite

Edinburgh Zoo’s giant panda Tian Tian has beaten off global competition to scoop the top prize in a search to find the world’s favourite panda outside China.

By ILONA AMOS Saturday, 18th January 2014, 2:11 am

Tian Tian: Won gold in global panda popularity competition. Picture: Neil Hanna

The female panda attracted a fifth of the total vote from fans around the world to take gold in the second Giant Panda Zoo Awards.

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Alison Maclean of Edinburgh Zoo collected the award on behalf of Tian Tian at a ceremony at Zoo Atlanta, in the US.

She said: “We think it’s absolutely amazing that everybody feels the same way about our female panda as we do; it’s just great, and thank you to everyone for voting for us.”