Ocean Park Hong Kong euthanized An An, the world's oldest male panda in captivity, due to health problems.
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The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park.
An An lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999. The female panda, Jia Jia, died in 2016 at age 38. She was the oldest female panda ever in captivity.
Ocean Park mourned An An as a family member who grew with the park and bonded with locals and tourists.
“An An has brought us fond memories with numerous heart-warming moments. His cleverness and playfulness will be dearly missed,” Paulo Pong, chairman of Ocean Park Corporation, said in a statement.
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Grandpa has health problems. Let’s put him to sleep. It’s funny you can kill everything but humans and call it right and humane but when people have had it, it’s called criminal even if they do it to themselves.
Was thinking the same thing. I bet that panda felt betrayed. Might’ve wanted to die naturally, not murdered.
RIP 🐼
Rip
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Dang bruh. R.I.P.
I will never forget your kung fu movies😭
Bruh wtf🤣🤣
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Jack black is the oldest panda