SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama Prefecture A beloved giant panda family drew 4,600 fans to Adventure World here on Feb. 21 to say goodbye before they were sent to China.
Giant panda cubs Lei Lei and her twin brother Xiao Xiao took no notice of the commotion outside their enclosure when Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo reopened for public viewing of other animals, including their older sister, on a reservation basis March 23 for the first time in two and a half months.
Anticipated pandemonium over the debut of giant panda twins at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo was averted with a decision to initially put the animals on limited public display as a precaution against the spread of the surging Omicron variant of novel coronavirus.