Chiang Mai Zoo celebrates Lin Hui’s 19th birthday

Chiang Mai Zoo celebrates Lin Hui’s 19th birthday

CHIANG MAI (NNT) - Chiang Mai zoo have celebrated the 19th birthday of panda Lin Hui, offering her an ice cake filled with fruit as a birthday gift.

Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai Wu Zhiwu, Chiang Mai Zoo Director Wutthichai Muangman and staff members participated in the celebration. Lin Hui was presented with a birthday “cake” consisting of her favorite food encased in ice, and including sweet bamboo, apples, carrots and watermelons.

Meanwhile, a flower-laying memorial ceremony was held for the passing of Lin Hui’s late partner Chuang Chuang who passed away last year. Bouquets of white flowers were placed before pictures of panda Chuang Chuang near the panda statue in front of the panda exhibition zone.

Chung Chuang and Lin Hui arrived in Chiang Mai from China on October 22, 2003, on a special flight “We Love Panda. There was a grand procession from Chiang Mai International Airport to Chiang Mai Zoo amid the admiration and joy of the people of Chiang Mai and Thais across the country.

The Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai said the panda is a goodwill ambassador between China and Thailand. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Lin Hui has been given special care by Chiang Mai zoo employees and Chinese specialists. Negotiation will soon take place between the two countries to send a new panda to Chiang Mai zoo.