HELSINKI — 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 ...

Two pandas are heading back to China eight years early amid lower-than-hoped-for visitor numbers at a zoo in rural Finland, and after the pair didn’t produce a cub.

HELSINKI (AP) — 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 ...

Finland will return two giant pandas to China in November, more than eight years ahead of time, as the zoo where they live can no longer afford their upkeep. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Ähtäri Zoo in central Finland the female panda Lumi, Finnish for “snow,” (above) and the male panda Pyry, meaning “snowfall,” will return “prematurely” to China later this year.

In the aftermath of the Ukraine war, once-thriving Finland trade and travel links with China are undergoing significant shifts. The European country’s alignment with sanctions against Russia has ...

The panda pair will enter into a monthlong quarantine in late October before being shipped to China. Finland, a country of 5.6 million, was among the first Western nations to establish political ...