21-year-old panda on loan to Thailand dies
BANGKOK: A 21-year-old giant panda, Lin Hui on loan from China to Thailand died at Thailand’s Chiang Mai Zoo in the early hours of Wednesday.
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BANGKOK: A 21-year-old giant panda, Lin Hui on loan from China to Thailand died at Thailand’s Chiang Mai Zoo in the early hours of Wednesday.
The zoo director said the it has a 15-million-baht ($435,000) insurance policy on the panda, who was due to be returned to China in October.
The cause of Lin Hui’s death was not immediately clear. Her nose was seen bleeding when she lay down after a meal, a zoo official said.
The zoo reported that the panda suddenly fell into a coma on Tuesday night
Lin Hui, a 21-year-old giant panda on long-term loan from China, died suddenly in a zoo in Thailand.