Ling Ping is a giant female panda who became famous in Thailand for being born in Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo. In the first four months of her life, she brought in 10 million baht or 330,000 dollars for the zoo.
Because of a previous deal that brought her parents in Thailand, she should have treveled to China at the end of May, but it has been announced this week that she will stay in Thailand for 15 years.
The deal which should have sent her to China was originally planned for May 27th. However, it has been revised on account of an exchange between Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao who agrees to let her grow in Thailand. As a result, Ling Ping will go to China only in October to meet mates, and she will return with her husband to Thailand. The procedure should take less than a year.
Thai officials will have to pay 15 million dollars for her stay in Thailand which is the equivalent of 1 million dollars a year. In addition, they will have to pay the same amount of money for every panda loaned to Thai zoos.
Due to the aforementioned agreement, Tai Chan, a panda also famous for being born in Washington's National Zoo, was sent to China in 2010.
For information, the giant panda is a bear which is native to central-western and south-western China . The giant panda is an rare and endangered species since it has a really low birth rate both in captivity and in the wild, and since it continuously loses his natural habitat which is polluted and destructed. That's why many organisations tries to save them. There are numerous conservation efforts.
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/10/182872797/celebrity-panda-to-return-to-thailand-for-1-million-a-year
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