Read more Department of Animal Nutrition stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/37629/department-of-animal-nutrition.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 23:36:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47937/national-zoo-pleads-for-bamboo.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=171708&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331234015' border='0' />The National Zoo is appealing for donations from landowners in the Washington area who may have stands of green crunchy bamboo stalks, reports the Washington Post . The zoo's own harvest of bamboo has failed and with the zoo's giant pandas, red pandas, elephants and gorillas eating 75,000 pounds of...Tai Shan, the popular giant panda cub at the National Zoo, munches on bamboo. The zoo says supplies of bamboo are critically short.http://www.newser.com/story/47937/national-zoo-pleads-for-bamboo.htmlThu, 15 Jan 2009 07:05:00 CST