World's oldest giant panda in captivity dies in a Hong Kong theme park

I was lucky enough to have seen Jia Jia in HK Ocean park many years ago. To be fair on the Pandas in captivity its through dedication from HK and China that these animals are no longer classed as extinct.

My dream would be to get close to a panda they are amazing animals.

RIP old girl, beautiful animal.

RIP to the Panda. Beautiful. It is sad that she has gone now.

I have seen this panda. She seemed to have a lot of fun playing with her companion panda, lots of playful wrestling and we saw one of them climb a tree so that they could poop on the other panda's head. We have pandas here in Edinburgh, but they only share a cage briefly when the female panda is fertile. It's a shame because the Hong Kong ones really seemed to enjoy each other's company. Whilst I am not a fan of keeping most animals captive in zoos, pandas are downright lazy when it comes to breeding, and do need human intervention. Without our help they'd already be extinct.

Zoo animals should be treated the same as human prisoners. Given a sentence and then released after serving the public. The zoo should be responsible for all costs associated with the release.

Blue and Gold

That is very sad news

I'm sorry for the panda's death bit at least it didn't suffer. Why can't humans be given the same relief?

Poor animal. I am glad she had a good life and was allowed the release from final pain which we refuse our elderly.

Can't imagine how lonely the panda must have been all her life.

Omg she's lovely to r.i.p jai jai

God bless you jia jia.

RIP beautiful Panda xxx

Beautiful Panda rest in peace.

She looks so happy in the pic celebrating her 37th b'day. RIP as you go over the Rainbow Bridge sweet Jia Jia

I'm sorry to hear that, my sympathies to the Zoo and the keepers who get so attached.