Chinanews.com, March 14th (Sweet King Continues to Burn) Recently, the situation of the giant panda "Yaya" at the Memphis Zoo in the United States has attracted attention, and netizens expressed the hope that Yaya "go home soon."
A document on the website of the US "Federal Register" shows that "Ya Ya" is one step closer to going home!
A screenshot of the "Ya Ya" video released by the Memphis Zoo on February 9, 2022.
Memphis Zoo Submits Application
Publicity period is 31 days
The documents show that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) received an application from the "Memphis Zoo," license number PER1642140.
Image source: Screenshot of the website of the US "Federal Register"
The specific content of the application is, "The applicant applies for the transfer of a captive-bred female giant panda, the remains of a male giant panda, and biological samples extracted from the giant panda's body to zoos in China to promote the reproduction or survival of this species. "
The application also read: "This notification applies only to a single re-export."
Image source: Screenshot of the website of the US "Federal Register"
According to the information on the website, the publicity period for this document officially began on March 13 and will last for 31 days until April 12.
Image source: Screenshot of the website of the US "Federal Register"
According to reports, after the publicity period ends, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will issue a permit and issue a notice in the Federal Register.
At that time, the license number can be used to check the license notice on the US government document website (www.regulations.gov).
It is said that the "male giant panda remains" mentioned in this application refers to "Lele".
"Lele" was born in 1998. In 2003, he arrived at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, USA and began his career in the United States.
Image source: Memphis Zoo official Twitter screenshot
In February 2023, the Memphis Zoo announced that Lele had passed away.
According to the zoo, Lele passed away peacefully while sleeping.
The statement pointed out that over the past 20 years, "Lele" has brought joy to millions of tourists and is a symbol of the US-China cooperative partnership to protect giant pandas.
The "female giant panda" mentioned in the application refers to "Yaya", who was born in 2000 and lived with "Lele" at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, USA in April 2003.
Netizens called for faster completion of procedures:
"We can't lose Yaya again"
As soon as the news came out, netizens left messages one after another, expressing their expectation that "Yaya" will return home as soon as possible.
Image source: social media screenshot
There are also netizens who hope to speed up the publicity process, complete various procedures as soon as possible, and send "Yaya" home.
Image source: social media screenshot
Some netizens said: "Yaya's condition is not very good now, I don't know how long she can wait." to China.
Image source: social media screenshot
Another netizen posted an article saying that watching the situation of "Yaya" in front of the camera every day feels "heartbroken", "We lost Lele, we can't lose Yaya again", and hope that "Yaya" can return to China as soon as possible Get treatment and call for solidarity.
Image source: social media screenshot
As part of the Sino-US joint protection and research plan on giant pandas, "Yaya" and "Lele" arrived at the Memphis Zoo together in 2003 and started their career in the United States, bringing countless joys to tourists.
The term of the agreement is 10 years, which will be extended for another 10 years after it expires in 2013.
On December 21, 2022, the Memphis Zoo announced that it would return "Yaya" and "Lele" to China, ending the 20-year lease period.
Image source: social media screenshot
Unexpectedly, on February 2, 2023, "Lele" passed away unfortunately at the age of 25.
In the past few days, while mourning for "Lele", people are more eager to hope that "Yaya" can go home as soon as possible.
In this regard, the website of the China Association of Zoos recently released a message saying that in order to effectively protect the health of "Yaya", in accordance with the requirements of the relevant national authorities, the China Association of Zoology has arranged experts to assist in the care of "Yaya" at the Memphis Zoo.
The Beijing Zoo will send veterinarians and breeders to the United States in the near future to familiarize themselves with the feeding situation of the giant panda "Ya Ya". They will work with the Memphis Zoo to raise and care the giant panda "Ya Ya" and escort "Ya Ya" back to China.
According to continuous and close monitoring by technical experts from both parties, the giant panda "Yaya" is currently in stable health, and its feeding and management are normal.
China and the United States have been actively negotiating ways and means to expedite the procedures for returning the giant panda "Yaya" to China, and strive to bring "Yaya" back to China as soon as possible.
At present, the Chinese side has completed all the approval items, and the Beijing Zoo has made various preparations for welcoming "Yaya" back home in terms of breeding site, breeding plan, medical security, and feed supply.
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