Dead Panda

[Mulboyne]

Asahi: Popular giant panda from China dies
Ling Ling, the last surviving giant panda kept at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo and a symbol of friendship in Japan's often shaky ties with China, died Wednesday of heart failure, officials said. The male panda was 22 years and 7 months old, which in human terms would mean Ling Ling was about 70 years old, Tokyo metropolitan government officials said. Ling Ling's death mean that the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo's Taito Ward, which became the starting point for so-called panda diplomacy in 1972, will be without a panda for the first time in 36 years...more...

[FG Lurker]

He looks really comfortable in his all natural hard-tile floor habitat.

[Greji]

Originally Posted by FG Lurker

He looks really comfortable in his all natural hard-tile floor habitat.

It was interesting last night on TV as some commentators were discussing the fact that when a panda from China is mated to a panda in Japan the cub when born must be returned to China (or for that matter, any foreign country). They claimed this isn't right and the cub should belong to Japan.

Since it is not a FG, they worry about the nationality at birth! Take, time for your explanation.....

[Behan]

I wonder if foreign panda are lazy, prone to violence, and frequently pee on the floors? The first and third traits sum me up pretty well.

[kamome]

Originally Posted by Greji

It was interesting last night on TV as some commentators were discussing the fact that when a panda from China is mated to a panda in Japan the cub when born must be returned to China (or for that matter, any foreign country). They claimed this isn't right and the cub should belong to Japan.

Since it is not a FG, they worry about the nationality at birth! Take, time for your explanation.....

If a male FG is mated to a female in Japan, does the "cub" belong to Japan?

[Adhesive]

Originally Posted by Behan

I wonder if foreign panda are lazy, prone to violence, and frequently pee on the floors?

Well, even a mixed-nationality cub well eventually be prone to violence, they grow up watching the foreign panda perpetuate DV on the Japanese panda. It's a vicious cycle.

[xenomorph42]

R.I.P little one, may you have a sweet journey to that bamboo heaven in the sky.
Bless you.

[Greji]

Originally Posted by kamome

If a male FG is mated to a female in Japan, does the "cub" belong to Japan?

They've claimed the off spring of everything over here that I've mated with....


That's an interesting question. The TV show I mentioned seemed to say that none of the progeny can belong to Japan. I suppose that is because Japan has no Panda's of their own. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe all of them are considered "on loan" from overseas (read China), no matter how long they've been here. And you think you have a tough time getting eijuken status!

[IkemenTommy]

That panda had been in the country for so long, they should have granted full Japanese citizenship.

[Mulboyne]

ABS-CBN: Japan asks to borrow giant pandas from China

Japan's prime minister said Thursday he has asked to borrow some giant pandas from China after Ling Ling, one of the best-loved animals at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, died of old age this week...Japan already leases eight pandas from China, and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told reporters he had asked for more...Reports said Tokyo is hoping China will loan the zoo a pair of the endangered pandas, who are famed for their apparent lack of interest in sex.