Zoo in Finland with financial woes to return giant pandas to China

Female panda Lumi hangs upside down on a tree as she plays in her enclosure during the opening day of the Ahtari Zoo Snowpanda Resort in Ahtari, Finland, on Feb. 17, 2018. The zoo announced on Sept. 25, 2024, it will return its two pandas to China eight years ahead of schedule.

A zoo in Finland has agreed with Chinese authorities to return two loaned giant pandas to China more than eight years ahead of schedule because they have become too expensive for the facility to maintain as the number of visitors has declined.