At a theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, a ceremony was held to express gratitude to the three giant pandas before they were returned to China on the 22nd.
Among the pandas bred at Adventure World, a theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, 30-year-old male Eimei and 8-year-old female twins Sakura will be returned to China. There are three of them, Ouhin and Touhin.
Ahead of the return on the 22nd, a ceremony was held to express gratitude to Eimei, who gave birth to 16 puppies, and Sakurahama and Momohama, who showed their adorable appearances. You have to participate.
At the venue, after a live video was shown showing how the three animals were doing, a video was shown looking back on the 28 years since Eimei came to Shirahama and the growth of the twins.
At the end, Ms. Yuka Shinagawa, representing the breeding staff, said, "I'm looking forward to finding a good partner in Sakurahama, Momohama, and China and becoming a mother. Eimei will eat a lot of delicious bamboo and live a long and healthy life. I sent an email.
The three will leave the theme park on the 22nd and will move to Sichuan Province, China with the breeding staff.
Director: "I want to safely deliver the three to Chengdu, China."
After the ceremony to send off the pandas, Koji Imazu, the director of Adventure World, said, "The staff worked hard during the one-month quarantine period before the departure. After this, we will do our best to safely deliver the three pandas to Chengdu, China. I want to."
Yuka Shinagawa, a breeding staff member, said, "I'm grateful that more people than I expected came to see me off. The three dogs always healed me and gave me happiness. I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart." I was talking to
A parent and child who visited from Aichi Prefecture said, "It's amazing that you've been here for 28 years. I hope you can live a long and healthy life without getting sick when you go to China."
A woman in her 20s from Tokyo said, ``The last time I went to see the ceremony, I was able to say goodbye with a smile, but when I saw the ceremony, I remembered everything from the beginning and felt lonely. I want you," he said with tears in his eyes.