Two giant pandas, Huan Huan and Yuan Zai, both 3 years old, were delivered to Beauval Zoo near the city of Tours in France recently. They will settle down in an living area of 2.5 hectares as their new home in France. The two pandas' arrival marks the return of the Chinese endangered species to France. Since 1973, two pandas had been sent to France, one died shortly after arriving, another one named Yen Yen died in 2000 of old age.
These two pandas were both born in 2008 at Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center, weighing 81kg and 79kg respectively. They will stay in French zoo for 10 years under a conservation and research agreement between China and France.
Pandas are the world endangered animals, and they live only in China where latitude is not high with humid weather and where bamboos grow. They are loved by people all over the world, young and old.
