Giant panda leaves for Mexico for 2nd mating attempt

Giant panda leaves for Mexico for 2nd mating attempt

TOKYO, Japan - Sixteen-year-old giant panda Ling Ling leaves his home in Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Nov. 12 for a zoo in Mexico where he will stay for five months in a second attempt to mate with female pandas there. Ueno Zoo head Hiroshi Sugaya saw Ling Ling off as the animal left for Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo.

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