South Koreans hold tearful farewell to beloved panda before her departure to China

(3 Apr 2024)
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Yongin, South Korea - 3 April 2024
1. Mid of vehicle with photo of giant panda Fu Bao slowly passing by fans
2. Close of fan crying
3. Close of vehicle carrying Fu Bao
4. Mid of fans weeping
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Yongin, South Korea - 3 April 2024
5. Wide of fans watching Fu Bao on large screen
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ARCHIVE: Yongin, South Korea - 3 March 2024
6. Various of Fu Bao during her last public appearance before preparing for her trip to China
STORYLINE:
A crowd of people, some weeping, gathered at a rain-soaked amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to their beloved giant panda before her departure to China on Wednesday.
Fu Bao has been a major attraction at the Everland theme park near Seoul since she was born there in 2020 to two other giant pandas Ai Bao and Le Bao, who came from China in 2016 on a 15-year lease program.
China sends pandas abroad as a sign of goodwill but maintains ownership over the animals and any cubs they produce.
Decades of conservation efforts in the wild and study in captivity saved the giant panda species from extinction, increasing its population from fewer than 1,000 at one time to more than 1,800 in the wild and in captivity.
On Wednesday, many panda fans in South Korea stood in the rain to say goodbye at the Everland park to Fu Bao, who was to be flown to China later in the day.
As a truck carrying Fu Bao slowly moved to a plaza amid rain, many visitors wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas waved flags, shouted their parting messages and took photos with their phones. Some loudly cried or wiped away tears.
The panda's last public appearance was on March 3.
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