Sichuan, China and Beauval Zoo in France.
A Pair of giant pandas, YuanZi and HuanHuan
will leave Chengdu early tomorrow morning
to move to Beauval Zoo.
Link to Beauval Zoo in France
This is the entrance of Chengdu Panda Base.
The pair will be loaned to France for a
conservation and research program.
They were preparing for the ceremony in the morning
when I arrived.
YuanZi and HuanHuan will be sent to the
Chengdu airport on this truck.
The container has names of pandas on each of them.
This is the container for YuanZi.
I've never seen one of these before!
Contents "one panda"
The quarantine area is restricted, and only a few people
are allowed to go close.
These picture at the quarantine were taken on January 13, 2012.
YuanZi was wating for apples.
YuanZi
"Give me something to eat!!"
HuanHuan was enjoying her Sichuan bamboo.
After she leaves Chengdu, bamboo will be
supplied from bamboo fields in France.
I took a picture with the French team from Beauval Zoo.
Thank you Delphine and Rodolphe, it was a
great pleasure meeting you here!
I hope to see you soon in France. The second from left is
Zhang Hao who will go to France with YuanZi and HuanHuan.
At 2:30pm, January 14, 2012 a farewell ceremony
was held in Chengdu Panda Base. Journalists were here
all the way from France to see the great moment.
Yay! I got the FedEx panda.
I will miss YuanZi and HuanHuan very much,
but hopefully my friends in Europe will post pictures
on how it goes back in France. My "panda friends"
Jeroen Jacobs and Jérôme POUILLE
will post information about their arrival in France.
Link to Jeroen Jacob's website
Link to Jerome POUILLE's website
See you YuanZi and HuanHuan in Beauval Zoo!
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara
