Zoo seeks longer stay for Lin Ping
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The Chiang Mai Zoo will soon raise with Zoological Park Organisation executives a proposal that China allow giant panda Lin Ping to remain in Thailand for another three years, zoo director Thanapat Pongpamorn said yesterday.
After that, the zoo would contact China for further arrangements over Lin Ping’s extended stay, he added.
The Panda Research Project head, Prasertsak Boontrakulthavee, said his team was ready to continue taking care of Lin Ping.
The panda was born in Thailand but belongs to China, and was originally scheduled to be sent there when it becomes four years old in 2013.
The zoo’s panda display comprises one outdoor and two indoor sections. It displayed three giant pandas, Chuang Chuang, Lin Hui and their female offspring Lin Ping, and attracted 1,0002,000 visitors a day.
