TOKYO — With tears, waves and shouts of farewell from followers, a Japan-born big panda set off for China on Tuesday from the Tokyo zoo the place she was raised.
A massively fashionable attraction at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo since her delivery there almost six years in the past, Xiang Xiang was despatched to China underneath an settlement through which big pandas are loaned to zoos world wide however China maintains possession of any such loaned bears and their offspring.
Xiang Xiang was initially presupposed to be returned in December 2020 however this was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The zoo’s first naturally-conceived panda, Xiang Xiang was additionally the primary born there for years, enhancing her recognition. An…
Keep on studying: Tears and images as Japan sends big panda ‘house’ to China