The chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation pays tribute to the 'playful' panda which provided visitors with 'numerous heart-warming moments'.
The chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation pays tribute to the"playful" panda which provided visitors with"numerous heart-warming moments".An An, pictured in 2015, was gifted to the theme park by China in 1999. Pic: APAn An lived most of his life at a theme park in Hong Kong after he and a female panda were gifted by China in 1999.
The female panda, Jia Jia, died in 2016 at the age of 38, making her the oldest-ever female panda in captivity."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.An An had high blood pressure, a common condition among geriatric pandas. Over the past three weeks, An An had been kept out of sight from visitors at the park as his health worsened.
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