The plan to return to China on Wednesday (April 5) has the latest progress.Yaya will carry out related quarantine after entering Shanghai. The Beijing Zoo will send staff to pick up Yaya, and Shanghai Zoo provides assistance support.
"China Blue News" posted the above news on the official Weibo on Wednesday, but did not disclose the specific date of Yaya's return to China.
Yaya was born in Beijing Zoo in August 2000 and is 23 years old.In April 2003, as part of the Sino -US Panda Plan, the male giant panda Lele from the Shanghai Zoo and the female giant panda from the Beijing Zoo arrived at Memphis by plane.
The first lease contract of the two giant pandas in the United States expired in 2013, and then the garden renewed for 10 years until 2023.
In February this year, the Memphis Zoo in the United States announced 25-year-old pandaLele was found to die on the morning of February 1, local time in the United States. .Grand Panda was found to have a large area of skin diseases. It was also suspected of malnutrition and diarrhea, which attracted the attention and protest of Chinese netizens.
The panda Yaya contract expires on April 7.In March of this year, two experts sent two experts to take a look at the giant panda Yaya. The staff of the Beijing Zoo superior department of Beijing Zoo, which belongs to the Beijing Municipal Park Management Center, said at the time that it was not sure if Yaya could return to China on April 7The specific return procedures are still publicity and processing.
Sun Quanhui, a scientist of the World Animal Protection Association, said in an previous interview that Yaya will face a new living environment after returning home. "During this timeA suitable living environment to help it familiarize with the new environment as soon as possible. "
