A beloved giant panda on loan to Thailand has died suddenly in a northern Thai zoo, prompting an investigation by Chinese experts.
Chuang Chuang, a 19-year-old male giant panda, was given to the Southeast Asian country in 2003"to represent the relationship between China and Thailand," along with a female panda, Lin Hui, according to Chiang Mai Zoo's website. Chinese state news agency Xinhua said the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda would send experts to Thailand to work with their Thai counterparts to establish the cause of the panda's death.
The relationship between Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui became a source of public fascination as attempts were made to get the pair to mate. Chuang Chuang was put on a low-carb diet and shown videos of mating pandas, but eventually the zoo resorted to artificial insemination and Lin Hui gave birth in 2009, AFP news agency reported.
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