Britain bids farewell to its only giant pandas after 12 years

Skottlands jättepandor återvänder till Kina

Skottland har sagt farväl till sina jättepandor Yang Guan och Tian Tian. Nu ska de återvända till Kina efter tolv år på Edinburghs djurpark.

Two giant pandas to come back home from UK – Chinese foreign ministry

As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin noted, Beijing is ready to continue to strengthen cooperation with international partners, including London, in the field of protecting endangered species and biodiversity

Exit from Edinburgh zoo may signal end to era of China’s panda diplomacy

Beijing’s strained relations with the west are less easily mollified by loans of cuddly endangered bearsAs the UK’s only giant pandas leave Edinburgh zoo , returning to their native country after a 12-year sojourn away from China, the era of panda diplomacy also looks to be coming to an end.Tian Tian and Yang Guang will board the panda express back to Sichuan less than a month after three giant pandas left the Smithsonian national zoo in Washin…

Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo bids farewell to giant pandas as they return to China after 12 years

Visitors of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo said goodbye to a pair of popular giant pandas who are returning home to China after spending more than a decade in the United Kingdom on Thursday (Nov 30).  Yang Guang and Tian Tian arrived in Scotland in 2011 amid huge fanfare and being the UK’s only giant pandas they have been a popular attraction. Unfortunately, they are now due to return to China under the terms of a 10-year loan which was extended due t

Scotland bids farewell to its giant pandas, who are returning to China after a 12-year stay

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Visitors to the Edinburgh Zoo had their final chance to see and bid farewell Thursday to a pair of popular giant pandas who are returning home to China after more than a decade in Scotland.