Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }}Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao will arrive in the nation’s capital this week, flying more than 12,000 miles from China’s Dujiangyan City. Giant panda 'Shin Shin' is seen at the Ueno Zoological Garden in Tokyo, Japan, late last month. “They gave birth every year.”The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding did not immediately respond to The Independent’s request for comment on Tuesday. “We have not had any giant pandas suffer health damage or death during surgery due to the use of ketamine,” it said in a statement. The World Wildlife foundation said a 2014 census had found 1,864 wild giant pandas, which are native to the mountains and bamboo forests of Central China.

Source: The Times October 16, 2024 06:54 UTC