Overview
- Rodolphe Delord announced in Chengdu that replacements are expected to arrive no later than early 2027.
- Beauval and the Chengdu conservation center extended their cooperation for ten years, covering research, conservation and public education.
- The resident pair, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, returned to China on 25 November after her renal insufficiency prompted an early repatriation.
- China’s embassy in Paris had previously assured that new giant pandas would be provided following the pair’s departure.
- The fate of Beauval-born twins Huanlili and Yuandudu remains undecided, and both are still housed at the French zoo.