Ok so they are expensive as well as cute, and they also do little for their own survival chances by refusing to mate or eat anything but one small part of bamboo plants. But given that this loan of Tian Tian and Yuangguang to Edinburgh Zoo took 5 years to negotiate I’m sure we could just be a little bit pleased about it!
Working hard - Giant Panda earning its keep in Chengdu
The sun asks ‘Who’s going to bear* the cost?’
http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3353336/Panda-cash-appeal.html
*pun as yet unconfirmed
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