The Shanghai Zoo, where the panda went, accompanied by veterinarians and other specialists, will only become a “transit point” on the animal’s way to its native Beijing. Ya Ya will spend a month in a special quarantine enclosure – there she has all the conditions for a comfortable adaptation. Caring employees prepared plenty of fresh bamboo and other necessary food for the elderly animal. In addition, a team of specialists from the Beijing Zoo will monitor the state of health and treat Ya Ya, where a month later the panda will move to “permanent residence”.
It is noteworthy that during the “black and white” flight to China, a relative of Ya Ya, a man named Le Le, was to return. However, he died suddenly in Memphis in February. Nevertheless, Beijing wished to return the remains of the national favorite to their homeland on the same platter.
The fate of 23-year-old Ya Ya, who lived at the zoo in Memphis, Tennessee, has been followed by Chinese people around the world. The fact is that in February, visitors sounded the alarm, believing that American keepers were not providing proper care for the bamboo bear. They noted the thinness and unhealthy appearance of the animal’s coat and posted videos with a panda on the web, where she cannot gnaw hard bamboo and is forced to beg visitors for food. Users demanded that Memphis Zoo management bring Ya Ya back to their historic home earlier than planned in April.
Soon, experts from the Beijing Zoo flew to the United States, where in 2000 a “diplomat” with an emaciated clubfoot was born. They diagnosed I Ya with a skin condition, no other conditions were found in the panda. However, they did not delay the move and completed the honorable “mission” of the bamboo bear abroad after the expiration of the rental contract with the American zoo.
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