BANGKOK: A giant panda on loan to Thailand from China that died last month had suffered blood clots caused by old age, Thai zoo officials said in a statement.
Thai and Chinese experts have concluded that the giant panda Lin Hui died of old age last month at the Chiang Mai Zoo, where she had been well cared for over the past 20 years, according to the zoo director.
Giant panda Lin Hui, the 21-year-old star attraction at Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand, has died of multiple organ failure caused by atherosclerosis and embolism. The diagnosis was made after pathologic and etiological examination by a joint team of experts from China and Thailand, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda said in a statement on Tuesday.
Bangkok:A giant panda on loan to Thailand from China that died last month had suffered blood clots caused by old age, Thai zoo officials said in a sta.