Bangkok : A giant female panda died on Wednesday at a zoo in northern Thailand. Chiang Mai Zoo officials gave this information. According to officials, the name of this female panda was ‘Lin Hui’. It was brought here from China for a temporary stay and was to return to China after six months. Zoo director Wuthichai Muangmun said the cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear, but it appeared she had been ill since Tuesday morning. After eating the blood started coming out from the panda’s nose.
Wuthichai Muangmun said the panda was treated by a joint Thai-Chinese veterinary team but his condition worsened and he died on Wednesday morning. In a news conference broadcast on the Chiang Mai Zoo’s Facebook page, veterinarian Tevarat Wejmanat said the female panda was being checked daily and was already 21 years old. He had no symptoms of any kind of illness before suddenly falling ill.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, “China is deeply disappointed by the death of the giant female panda ‘Lin Hui’.” On learning that the panda was ill, we immediately mobilized experts to guide Thailand’s veterinarians for the purpose of rescue operation via video link, but unfortunately he did not survive.
He said Chinese authorities would soon set up a team of experts to jointly investigate the cause of the panda’s death. Significantly, in the year 2003, a pair of male and female pandas was brought from China for a period of 10 years at Chiang Mai Zoo. This period was extended by another 10 years. The male panda died in 2019 at the age of 19.
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