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23-05-2025
Giant Pandas at Western Japan Zoo to Be Sent to China June 28
News from Japan May 23, 2025 16:36 (JST) Wakayama, May 23 (Jiji Press)--All four giant pandas at a zoo in Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, will be transferred to China on June 28, the leisure facility said Friday. Adventure World is home to 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters--8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin. All four will be quarantined for a month from Monday. Visitors will be able to see the pandas through glass until June 27, when a farewell party will be held. Adventure World announced in April that all its pandas would be transferred to China around the end of June as its contract with the Chinese side ends in August. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
The Star
24-04-2025
- The Star
All 4 giant pandas at western Japan park to return to China in June
TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a theme park in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the park's operator said Thursday. Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, announced that the 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin, will leave for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province. Adventure World began a breeding cooperation program with the Chinese panda research base in 1994 and was home to Eimei, a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship who came to Japan on loan in 1994. Under the joint conservation project, 17 giant pandas were born in the Wakayama park over three decades. According to the operator, it has reached an agreement with the Chinese side that as the joint project is set to expire in August, and the two sides decided the four pandas will go to China in June, when temperatures are relatively cool. "We hope that these four giant pandas can live a healthy and happy life after returning to China, and we also hope that the young ones can take on the mission of breeding new lives," the park said. The departure of the four giant pandas would mean Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo would be the only remaining giant pandas housed in Japan.
Barnama
24-04-2025
- General
- Barnama
Four Pandas To Return To China From Japan Zoo In June
WAKAYAMA (Japan), April 24 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a zoo in western Japan will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the zoo operator announced on Thursday. According to Kyodo news agency, the 24-year-old Rauhin and her offspring -- Yuihin, 8, Saihin, 6, and Fuhin, 4 -- will depart from Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province, the operator said. Adventure World began a breeding cooperation programme with the Chinese panda research base in 1994 and was previously home to Eimei, a male panda who arrived in Japan on loan that same year.
Nikkei Asia
24-04-2025
- Nikkei Asia
All four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China in June
WAKAYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the zoo operator said Thursday. The 24-year-old Rauhin and her children -- Yuihin, 8, Saihin, 6, and Fuhin, 4 -- will leave Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province, according to the operator.
