TOKYO - Thousands of Japanese fans on Sunday bade farewell to four beloved pandas which will be returned to China this week, with some visitors shedding tears. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - Thousands of Japanese fans on Sunday bade farewell to four beloved pandas which will be returned to China this week, with some visitors shedding tears.
In Tokyo, the final viewing of Xiang Xiang, the zoo’s first baby panda since 1988, was limited to 2,600 visitors who won a lucky lottery ticket, but some fans who did not win still came.“Even if I cannot see her, my heart is filled with joy knowing she’s there,” the 48-year-old said.“Everything about her is adorable, whether sleeping or awake,” she said.
Ueno Zoo receives calls and emails every day from panda fans asking it to keep Xiang Xiang, the Tokyo Shimbun daily reported, citing a zoo official. In Wakayama, visitors came to say good-bye to Eimei, which became the world’s oldest to father a baby panda in 2020 at age 28, the equivalent of being in his 80s for a human, as well as his twin daughters.“I’m sad they’re going back to China.”
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