(11 Nov 2023)
CHINA PANDAS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chengdu, Sichuan province, China - 9 September 2023
1. Various of giant panda Tao Bang eating bamboo and searching through a bag for bamboo shoots
2. Wide of zoo visitors
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Luo Futao, caretaker of Tao Bang:
“Our interaction is very good. Apart from rearing, we also make enrichment toys for it to play with. There are also trainings to help us communicate with each other so that we can maintain a good relationship. In this way we can conduct further examination of its body.”
4. Various of a panda statue gifted to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding by Adventure World in Wakayama, Japan
5. Close of a sign on the statue
6. Various of statue
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tokyo, Japan - 6 October 2023
7. Wide of entrance of Ueno Zoo ++MUTE++
8. Various of displays introducing how pandas arrived from China to Ueno Zoo
9. Various of original cages that were used to transport Kang Kang and Lan Lan from China, Japan’s first giant pandas
10. Various of giant panda Xiao Xiao eating at Ueno Zoo
11. Wide of zoo visitors
12. Xiao Xiao eating
13. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Naoya Ohashi, education and public relations manager, Ueno Zoological Gardens:
“In general, young ones (pandas) are good at adapting so I don’t think we need to worry too much. When they arrive in China, they are not straight away taken to the rearing facility. They will first spend some time in quarantine facility where they are observed indoors, allowing them to familiarise (with the new environment) gradually. So as long as they return while they’re still young, they can adapt. So I don’t think there’s too much to worry about. Regarding the ones that we have borrowed from China, since they were originally raised in China, I think they can re-familiarise themselves quickly upon returning.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chengdu, Sichuan province, China - 9 September 2023
14. Various of giant panda Tao Bang
15. Wide of visitors watching Tao Bang
16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Luo Futao, caretaker of Tao Bang:
“In the beginning, we need to communicate with them more. Because the language is different for them, and they may not clearly understand what we say. So we need to communicate more.”
17. Various of Tao Bang eating
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tokyo, Japan - 6 October 2023
18. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Naoya Ohashi, education and public relations manager, Ueno Zoological Gardens:
“There are actually some benefits for Japan as well when it comes to returning pandas to China. In Japan, panda-keeping spaces are small, so if we kept the aged pandas, we wouldn’t be able to take in any young ones. So it’s better if we return the aged pandas back to China where they can spend their remaining years restfully. And in its place, we can take in a young one and breed them — if we can maintain that cycle, Japan can build its skills in rearing and report back the results to China.”
19. Various of visitors queueing to see Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, panda cubs born at Ueno Zoo
20. Various of visitors taking pictures
21. Various of giant panda Xiao Xiao eating
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chengdu, Sichuan province, China - 9 September 2023
22. Wide of compound of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
23. Various of visitors
24. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yin Jie, tourist from Shanghai:
25. Various of a new born panda cub
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dulles, Virginia, US - 8 November 2023
25. Tracking of panda's face in enclosure as it passes by
26. Wide of enclosure and plane
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