Prior to the FIFA World Cup starting next month, China sent two huge pandas as a present, and they landed in Qatar on Wednesday.
The desert nation will house them in an indoor enclosure made to mimic the conditions found in the thick woods of China’s hilly Sichuan province. To feed them, 800 kg of new bamboo will be flown in every week.
Both Jing Jing, a 4-year-old male who weighs 120 kg, and Si Hai, a 3-year-old female who weighs 70 kg, have been given the Arabic names Suhail and Thuraya, respectively.
Before anybody may see the pandas, they must stay under quarantine for at least 21 days.
1.2 million people are anticipated in Qatar for the World Cup, which will begin on November 20 and last for one month. It will be the first Muslim or Arab nation to hold the world’s largest sporting event. The gas-rich Gulf state
In addition to providing the pandas with the ideal indoor environment, according to Tim Bouts, director of Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, the enclosure will also protect them from stressful noises while enabling them to engage with visitors.
“This structure was carefully thought out to make it, in my opinion, the best building for pandas in the world,” he stated.
Pandas are still one of the most endangered species in the world because they rarely reproduce in the wild and depend on a diet of bamboo in the mountains of western China. Pandas are thought to number 1,800 in the wild and 500 in zoos or reserves, largely in Sichuan.
They serve as China’s unofficial national mascot, and the country has given pandas to 20 different nations.
The two pandas “will enjoy a happy life here and bring more happiness, joy, and love to the people of Qatar and in this world,” according to Zhou Jian, China’s ambassador to Qatar.
Chinese pandas arrive in Qatar prior to the FIFA World Cup.
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