Pandas depart for Paris research project
By Huang Zhiling | China Daily | Updated: 2012-01-16 08:01
CHENGDU - A pair of pandas from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding left the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province on Sunday morning and was expected to arrive in Paris after flying nearly 11 hours.
Yuan Zai and Huan Huan will stay in ZooParc de Beauval in France to take part in a conservation and research program for a decade under a loan agreement reached between China and France.
"They are the first panda pair sent to France since 1973," said Zhang Zhihe, chief of the Chengdu base.
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