Cute 'panda' puppies a huge hit in China

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2014-02-24

One of the viral photographs of the three "panda" puppies, taken in
Yancheng, Jiangsu province, Feb. 22. (Photo/Xinhua)

Two of the three puppies with their owner
Ye Qunying, Feb. 22. (Photo/Xinhua)

Three puppies owned by a family in Yancheng in eastern China's Jiangsu province have become overnight superstars for their uncanny resemblance to panda cubs, reports the state-owned China News Service

Born last month, the three "panda" puppies — with white bodies, black eye circles, black ears, black legs, and black tails — are part of a litter of six offspring of a local mongrel mother and a stray white Pekingese father.

Ye Qunying, the owner of the puppies denied dyeing their fur, adding that they did not initially look like pandas and only gradually grew to look this way. To make them appear even more like pandas, the owner found some bamboo sticks for the puppies to play with.

The panda puppies have attracted visitors from far and wide, though one of them has already been given away. The owner said her family and friends are currently fighting over the remaining pups.