China News Service, Toronto, November 27 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) Under the influence of the new crown epidemic, the two giant pandas "Big Mao" and "Er Shun" living in Calgary, Canada boarded the plane on November 27 local time and returned to China early.

Data map: In early July 2019, the Chinese giant panda "Da Mao" living in the Calgary Zoo in Canada was eating fresh bamboo from his hometown of Chengdu.

　　This is more than 2 years earlier than the original plan for the return of the giant pandas.

　　The Calgary Zoo has prepared adequate meals for the trip.

The zoo said through its online social platform that each giant panda will consume about 100 kilograms of fresh bamboo during the flight.

The garden also prepared biscuits, apples and pears for them.

　　The zoo also updates the itinerary of giant pandas on social networks in real time.

Some netizens expressed their nostalgia for them in a message, saying that this was a "mixed joy" day.

　　The zoo sent two female childcare workers to escort the pandas back home.

They went to Edmonton earlier this week to be tested for the new coronavirus.

When they arrive in China and return to Canada, they are required to be quarantined for 14 days.

　　The Calgary Zoo announced in mid-May this year that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the fresh bamboo supply chain encountered challenges, and the garden had to make a difficult decision to send the pandas back to China in advance.

However, due to restrictions on international travel, the two giant pandas travelled after a delay of about half a year.

　　According to the agreement between the governments of China and Canada, the Chengdu male giant panda "Da Mao" and the Chongqing female giant panda "Er Shun" went to Canada in March 2013. The original plan was to live there for 10 years.

They lived in Toronto for 5 years.

Meanwhile, "Er Shun" used artificial insemination technology to give birth to dragon and phoenix twins "Jia Panpan" and "Jia Yueyue" in October 2015.

In March 2018, 4 giant pandas moved to Calgary.

In January of this year, "Jia Panpan" and "Jia Yueyue", who had reached the age of 4, returned to China first in accordance with the agreement to join the giant panda breeding program.

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