The big panda turned into a reward from the Chinese language executive to Hong Kong in 1999, and turned into saved at a theme park.
Printed On 21 Jul 2022
An An, the sphere’s oldest male big panda in captivity, has died on the age of 35, the equivalent of 105 years oldschool for a human.
Ocean Park, the Hong Kong theme park where the panda lived, acknowledged An An’s health had been declining in most modern weeks and he had been eating much less. The panda turned into set apart apart down by a veterinarian on Thursday morning after he stopped eating altogether.
“Ocean Park is deeply saddened to affirm the shortcoming of An An,” it acknowledged in a press free up on its online page.
An An turned into a reward from the Chinese language executive and had been on the park since 1999. Jia Jia, the female panda who turned into given to Ocean Park with An An, died in 2016 when she turned into 38.
“An An is an critical member of our family and has grown along with the park. He has also constructed a solid bond of friendship with locals and tourists alike.”
Paulo Pong, chairman of Ocean Park Company, acknowledged An An’s “cleverness and playfulness” would be dearly disregarded and the park would be opening a condolence guide.
Ocean Park, which houses a unfold of animals including walruses, penguins and dolphins, silent has two big pandas, Ying Ying and Le Le, which had been given to Hong Kong in 2007.