Cash-strapped Finnish zoo may have to return giant pandas to China

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A cash-strapped Finnish zoo said it was preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it could no longer afford their upkeep. | Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Female panda Jin Baobao, also called Lumi, plays with the snow at Ahtari Zoo, in Ahtari, Finland February 17 , 2018. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS

The foreign ministry said it had established a working group to seek a solution, but added there was no certainty one would be found.

 

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