3 giant pandas arrive in China from western Japan zoo

A 30-year-old giant panda and his 8-year-old Japan-born female twins arrived in China on Wednesday night after spending years at a zoo in western Japan under a joint breeding program with the two countries.Eimei and twins Ouhin and Touhin flew from Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on a charter plane after they had been transported from Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Wakayama Prefecture.Their transfer to China follows that of Xiang Xiang, a hugely popular Japanese-born female giant panda, from Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo the previous day.The three pandas were sent off from …READ FULL ARTICLE