Costly to keep panda beyond two-year deal


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KUALA LUMPUR: Zoo Negara is not planning to extend Nuan Nuan’s stay in the country after next year.

Its president Datuk Seri Zaharin Md Arif said it will be costly to extend the baby panda’s stay beyond the two-year agreement with China.

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