According to Councillor Georgio Mammoliti, who sits on the Toronto Zoo’s board of management, several corporate sponsors have inquired about funding the initiative that will see a male panda named Er-Shun, and female panda, lent to Canada for up to 15 years starting in 2012.

Learning may get a bit wild in Scarborough schools this year. Zoocheck Canada's new educational Keep it Wild! workshops are designed to teach elementary students the importance of environmental sustainability and about the wild animals currently in captivity all across the globe.