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Zoo admits that their pandas are ‘painted dogs’ after backlash from visitors (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But aren’t pandas from China? I was expecting this to be some other country that, you know, doesnt have pandas.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pandas are owned by the government. Not everyone in China can get a panda.

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

See also Panda diplomacy

In the late 2010s and early 2020s, with China–United States relations straining, China began declining to renew panda leases for U.S. zoos.[27][28] The San Diego Zoo pandas returned to China in 2019, followed by pandas at the Memphis Zoo and National Zoo in Washington, D.C. in 2023.[29]The Memphis pandas, Ya Ya and Le Le, became a rallying point for Chinese calls to repatriate the bears after accusations of poor living conditions circulated on Chinese social media sites and the sudden death of Le Le in February 2023.