Ueno Zoo suffers loss of giant panda
The only giant panda in Ueno Zoo is dead. It is possible that it’s out of old age but pandas should never be kept in a glass box for the world to see anyway. They’re not fishes. Not that it’s right for fishes.
I have a very soft spot for all mammals, I guess it must be a very dark day for the workers who works with Rin Rin.
Rin Rin, the sole giant panda at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, died in the early hours of Wednesday only one day after he was taken off display for veterinary treatment, officials said.
Veterinarians at the zoo in Taito-ku are poised to conduct an autopsy on his body in a bid to determine the cause of his death.
A worker came to the zoo on Wednesday morning to find 22-year-old Rin Rin dead in its viewing pen. After examining video surveillance footage, zoo officials concluded that he died at around 2 a.m.
Rin Rin, which is the equivalent of 70 years old in human terms, became less active at the beginning of this year. The zoo took him off display on Tuesday for veterinary treatment.
Rin Rin was born at Beijing Zoo in September 1985, and was sent to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo in 1992. He was the only giant panda for which Japan holds ownership rights.
Here is Rin Rin last year, he’s so adorable:
RIP :(
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