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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper pets a panda with his wife Laureen at a zoo in Chongqing Feb 11, 2012. Harper announced two giant pandas, Er Shun and Ji Li, will spend 10 years in two Canadian zoos. [Photo/Agencies] |
BEIJING - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up a visit to 皇冠体育app by announcing Saturday that Beijing will loan two of giant pandas to Canadian zoos. The pandas are the first to travel to Canada in more than two decades.
Harper visited a zoo in Southwest 皇冠体育app's Chongqing municipality to say that the Chinese government is loaning the panda pair to Canada for the next 10 years, Harper's press secretary Carl Vallee said.
News photos showed Harper looking on as his wife carried a squirming baby panda.
The pandas are expected to arrive in Canada early next year and will go to the Toronto and Calgary zoos for five years each.
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