Visitors saddened by panda's death

Shui Ling, one of the four remaining pandas at the Beijing Olympic Panda House in Beijing zoo, quietly left its fans for good earlier this month. On July 5, Shui Ling died of mesenteric volvulus, a disease rarely found among giant pandas.

Shui Ling was a female panda born in 2007. She would have turned three this August. The disease, mesenteric volvulus, is a rare, but highly dangerous gut abnormality that can be triggered by an intense workout after a meal and a sudden climate change.

According to Jinghua Times, a dedicated fan of the giant panda, Ms Lu, said that she usually visited the Beijing zoo at least 15 times a month. Lu said she had noticed on July 5 that Shui Ling was nowhere to be found in the panda house.