South Koreans give tearful sendoff to panda Fu Bao
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YONGIN, South Korea—South Koreans bid farewell on Wednesday to Fu Bao, the first giant panda born in the country, as she left the zoo where she was born in 2020 to be flown to China in a tearful sendoff by a large crowd of fans braving steady rain.
Zoo keepers thanked the panda cub for bringing joy and the fans for the love they had shown Fu Bao in the four years she spent growing up at Everland zoo. She was then put on a climate-controlled truck to take her to the airport. “It was a miracle to meet you.
Thank you, Fu Bao,” read a message attached to photographs of the panda that covered the vehicle. —REUTERS
