Only Panda Not Owned by China Turns 35

Wed Jul 02 2025
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The only known giant panda not owned by China, Xin Xin, celebrates her 35th birthday at the Zoo of Chapultepec in Mexico City. She is the last in a line of giant pandas brought to Mexico in 1975. Since 1980, China has operated a different policy in which it only lends pandas for a short time and in return for a payment towards wild panda conservation efforts.

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