Comment on French zoo returns poorly panda and partner to China

• MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I could be wrong about that. If there’s still a live offspring in Mexico from the panda couple that was gifted by China, then I guess it is not owned by China and the article you mentioned has some truth to it.

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  • calliope@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Correct!

    Although China shifted from panda gifts to a policy of high-priced loans in 1984, Mexico has retained ownership of the locally born pandas since their lineage traces to gifted pandas.

    In 1981 Ying Ying gave birth to Tohui, who in turn mothered Xin Xin (with Chia Chia, a gifted panda originally at the London Zoo). Xin Xin is the last living panda not owned by China.

    From Wikipedia.

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    • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m glad we got that sorted :-)

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      • calliope@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        This actually blew my mind, I was like “no way are there any pandas in the world not owned by China!” but I was wrong. lol

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