Zoo Staff Pretend to Be Pandas and Are Fed by Visitors After Park's 4 Bears Are Given New Homes in China

Zoo visitors in Japan are being allowed to feed staff dressed up as pandas in cages at Adventure World in Wakayama after the ...

Bear necessity: Why is a Japanese zoo making staff dress up like pandas?

Adventure World, a zoo in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture, is having some of its staff dress up as pandas. A widely shared video ...
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Inside 'surreal' human zoo where staff pretend to be pandas after bears sent back

Staff at Adventure World amusement park in Japan's Wakaya Prefecture have come up with a bizarre way to entertain guests ...
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At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Fear a Spat With China Will Cost Japan Its Pandas

Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako ...