A five-year-old giant panda raised at Shanghai Wild Animal Park has undergone surgery and is currently in treatment after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction, according to the park and the hospital facilitating the surgery.
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With diplomatic tensions running high between Beijing and a number of Western governments, China appears to be gradually pulling back its pandas from multiple Western zoos as their agreements expire.
The Chinese government owns nearly all the giant pandas on earth. And American zoos will shell out up to $1 million a year to rent just one. Most sign 10-year panda diplomacy contracts, and if any baby cubs are born, they pay an additional one-time $400,000 baby tax.
The anatomical exam by the team of Memphis Zoo and Chinese experts does indicate that it was heart disease, but our experts will be able to speak more to that once the final report is in hand.” Le Le was born July 18, 1998, and was 25 years old at the time of his passing. He came to Memphis Zoo in 2003.
And out of the 350 giant pandas, only a mere 50 can be found outside of China. As per reports, China has direct ownership over every living giant panda around the world, even if they might have been born in another country.