Ueno Zoo’s Twin Pandas Bid Farewell Ahead of China Return
Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo bids farewell to twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei as they prepare to return to China, marking the end of a successful conservation partnership.
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