Public bids adieu to beloved panda cubs


Tearful goodbye: Visitors and Zoo Negara staff waving off Yi Yi and Sheng Yi as the vehicle carrying the cubs leaves Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: It was a sombre day at Zoo Negara as hundreds of visitors and zoo staff bid goodbye to Giant Panda cubs Yi Yi and Sheng Yi as the siblings embarked on their journey back to China.

Panda enthusiast Eiza Idanie, 42, was close to tears as she waved a bittersweet goodbye to the vans leaving the zoo with the cubs.

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