What do you think of the official response to the issue of “thin giant pandas in the United States”?

Yaya and Lele, the giant pandas living in the United States at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, are skinny and are suspected of exhibiting serious stereotyped behaviors. It was also said that the living environment of the giant pandas is poor, there is no fresh bamboo to eat, the amount of feeding does not meet domestic standards, and the keepers never interact with them. After the news was released, it attracted widespread attention.

In response to this, the staff of the China Zoo Association responded on the 20th that Yaya is now 22 years old and considered to be elderly, and has been suffering from skin diseases so she is not in good condition. After communicating with the Memphis Zoo, we learned that there are no problems with the bamboo and the residential facilities, and we will continue to communicate with the other party.

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Are our giant pandas healthy during the current epidemic? Response from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

CCTV "News 1+1" Bai Yansonglian Zhang Zhihe, director of the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, explained issues such as protecting the national treasure giant pandas during the epidemic.

Host Bai Yansong asked Zhang Zhihe on the show: "Such a large animal appeared in a foreign zoo and unfortunately tested positive for nucleic acid testing and was infected with the new coronavirus. Affected by this news, will our pandas be affected?" Have relevant tests been conducted? Are they all healthy? As netizens and viewers are concerned, we have seen news like this: tigers, lions and other carnivores at the Bronx Zoo in New York have been infected with the new coronavirus. Zhang Zhihe said that we are also very nervous about this issue because many diseases are also suffered by humans and animals, so we immediately arranged sampling for pandas.

Zhang Zhihe later announced a "good news" in the program: "I am very happy to tell my friends in the audience and the people of the country that after nucleic acid testing by authoritative institutions, all our pandas are negative." No problem, no COVID-19. ?

Bai Yansong asked: ?All our pandas have undergone nucleic acid testing?

Zhang Zhihe replied: ?Yes, all our pandas in Chengdu have been tested and sent to authoritative institutions , there is no problem. ?

Bai Yansong: ?In this case, I believe everyone will be very relieved! ?

Affected by the epidemic, the giant pandas in Canada who cannot eat fresh bamboo will return home early

Due to difficulty in transporting enough fresh bamboo after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the Calgary Zoo, the largest city in Alberta, Canada, sent two giant pandas, Er Shun and Da Mao, back to China two years ahead of schedule. .

According to the agreement between China and Canada, these two giant pandas should be returned to China in 2023. Calgary Zoo staff have been working to import enough bamboo to feed giant pandas Ershun and Damao, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak, enough fresh bamboo cannot be brought in via commercial flights twice a week. Because giant pandas only eat fresh bamboo, if it is slightly old or has become a little old during transportation, the giant panda will not eat it. The director of the zoo said that they are applying to the Canadian and Chinese governments to expedite the approval procedures and return the giant pandas as soon as possible. Er Shun and Da Mao came to Canada in 2014 and moved to the Calgary Zoo in 2018 after two cubs, Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, were born at the Toronto Zoo. ?Jia Panpan? and ?Jia Yueyue? will also be returned to China in 2020. The content comes from the Internet.