pandamonium

[…] Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling, the giant pandas given to the American people by Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, were introduced to the public Thursday. First Lady Pat Nixon, who received them on behalf of all Americans, said "Thank you so much for this gift of pandas for children of all ages, including me. I'm sure pandamonium will break out."

1972 April 21, “Pandas settled in National Zoo”, in Lodi News-Sentinel, number 10,369, Lodi, Calif.: Central Valley News-Sentinel, →OCLC, page 8, column 6

Ever since it was known that the Toledo Zoo would be exhibiting a pair of the endangered giant pandas, a state of "pandamonium" has existed in this part of Ohio.

1988 August 16, Scott R. Robinson, “Chinese cooking is an art”, in The Bryan Times, volume 40, number 193, Bryan, Oh.: AIM Media Midwest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 1

I sat down and tried to think of a logical way of explaining my scant knowledge of Mitchel Joseph, research lab director of the Memphis Zoo, whom I had seen a few times during the first few months of the Panda Pandamonium of last June. The entire city of Memphis was excited about the arrival of Le Le and Ya Ya, two young pandas from China. Joseph had been instrumental in managing the successful quarantine period.

2005, B. J. Lucian, “Part I: Prof Josh”, in Professor Baker’s Hand Grenade […], [United States]: Bookman Publishing & Marketing, →ISBN, pages 20–21