(221018) — CHENGDU, Oct. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) — Giant panda Si Hai feeds on bamboo at the Ya’an base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Oct. 17, 2022.
Two giant pandas left their breeding base in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Tuesday for Qatar in a cooperation program on the research and protection of the animal between the two countries.
The two pandas — three-year-old female Si Hai and four-year-old male Jing Jing — left the Ya’an base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. They will be flown to Qatar on a special plane from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
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(Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)
