Zoo animals

There was an item in the news recently - a baby panda was going to China.

It is a big event for China to loan pandas to various zoos. I think that the zoo having panda parents from China has to pay a substantial sum. When a baby panda gets to a certain age he or she has to go to China.

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There is another zoo animal in the news - the elephant at the Edmonton Zoo.

Some are concerned about her welfare.

Her name is Lucy. She is 34 years old and has lived at the zoo for 32 years. I expect I have met her. I have nice memories of visiting that zoo with my friends in Edmonton who had two young children. Now those children are both parents - maybe they will take the kids to the zoo to meet Lucy the elephant.