China to send two giant pandas to Munich Zoo for 10 years

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Munich, Germany, January 22 (Xinhua) — The China Wildlife Conservation Association signed a cooperation agreement with Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo on Wednesday to protect giant pandas, according to which two pandas from China will spend 10 years in Germany.

The statement said Chinese experts had made numerous inspection and assessment visits to Munich to ensure the future welfare of the pandas at Hellabrunn.

Currently, Germany has giant pandas at the Berlin Zoo. In 2017, pandas Mengmeng and Jiaoqing arrived there from Chengdu as part of a 15-year cooperation agreement. In 2019, Mengmeng gave birth to twin cubs, named Mengxiang and Mengyuan. They were the first pandas born in Germany. The cubs returned to China in December 2023.

On August 22, 2024, Mengmeng gave birth to another pair of female cubs: Menghao and Mengtian. The Berlin Zoo announced that they will stay in Germany for two to four years and then head to China.

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