Panda cubs to return to China in early 2020

Source: Xinhua| 2019-10-31 23:57:55|Editor: huaxia
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Panda cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue eat bamboo leaves in the Calgary Zoo, Canada, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Soong/Xinhua)

The panda twins were born at the Toronto Zoo on Oct. 13, 2015. Their parents -- female panda Er Shun, and male panda Da Mao -- were brought to Toronto in 2013 as part of a loan agreement between Canada and China. They will stay in the Panda Passage at the zoo until 2023.

CALGARY, Canada, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Panda cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue in Canada's Calgary Zoo will be moving to the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, capital of China's southwestern Sichuan Province, in early 2020, according to the Calgary Zoo on Wednesday.

People visit Panda Passage at the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Canada, on July 16, 2018.(Xinhua/Zou Zheng)

Jia Panpan, a male, and Jia Yueyue, a female, came to Calgary city in March 2018, and they are now almost 4 years old.

A panda cub eats bamboo leaves in the Calgary Zoo, Canada, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Soong/Xinhua)

The panda twins are leaving Calgary as the term of their loan agreement between Canada and China has come to an end.

Visitors view a panda at the Calgary Zoo, Canada, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Soong/Xinhua)

The panda twins were born at the Toronto Zoo on Oct. 13, 2015. Their parents -- female panda Er Shun, and male panda Da Mao -- were brought to Toronto in 2013 as part of a loan agreement between Canada and China. They will stay in the Panda Passage at the zoo until 2023.

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