Calgary Zoo returning pandas to China due to bamboo shortages caused by COVID-19 pandemic

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Calgary Zoo returning pandas to China due to bamboo shortages caused by COVID-19 pandemic
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The zoo’s president says the zoo spent months trying to overcome barriers in transporting fresh bamboo to the facility and has decided it’s best for the animals to be in China

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Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in Calgary in 2018 after spending five years at the Toronto Zoo and were scheduled to remain in the Alberta city until 2023.

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