Popular male giant panda Chuang Chuang dies in northern Thailand at age 19.
File- In this April 4, 2007. file photo, a male panda named Chuang Chuang chews bamboo leaves inside its cage at the Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. Officials said Chuang Chuang collapsed Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in his enclosure at the Chiang Mai Zoo shortly after standing up following a meal of bamboo leaves.
BANGKOK — Zoo staff in northern Thailand have donned black and white clothing and observed a minute of silence to mourn the sudden death of their popular male giant panda, who was on a long-term loan from China. Officials said Chuang Chuang collapsed Monday in his enclosure at the Chiang Mai Zoo shortly after standing up following a meal of bamboo leaves.
Staff said Tuesday they found no sign of illness or injury on the 19-year-old panda’s body, and that he had recently passed a health checkup.Chuang Chuang and his female mate arrived in Chiang Mai in 2003 on a 10-year loan that was later extended for another 10 years.
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