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Comments twitter facebook Sina Microblog reddit Three panda ambassadors, or "Pambassadors," arrived at the Beauval zoo in FranceFriday to visit two giant pandas, Huan Huan and Yuan Zai, putting a perfect full stop totheir global tour aimed at promoting panda conservation.
French biologist Jerome Pouille, Chinese fashion magazine editor Erica Chen Yinrong andAmerican hockey coach Melissa Katz were chosen from some 1.16 million candidates whotook part in last year's global contests for the "cute job" of raising public awareness of theneed to protect giant pandas, one of the most endangered animal species in the world.
The trio of ambassadors embarked on their Global Tour for the Conservation of Pandas onAug. 23 from Hong Kong. They have visited a dozen of cities hosting pandas in the world,with highlights in Singapore, Atlanta, Washington, Edinburgh and the last destination,Beauval.
In January 2012, Huan Huan and Yuan Zai arrived at the Beauval Zoo in central France,where a China Zone was specially built in an area of 2.5 hectares as the new enclosure forthe two pandas, both on loan from the Chengdu city in China's Sichuan Province, thehometown of giant pandas.
On Friday afternoon, three Pambassadors went to the enclosure to greet Huan Huan andYuan Zi, posing to the camera with them. They also had intimate contacts with Chinese andFrench curators and panda lovers, exchanging ideas with them on how to keep pandas andintroducing to them their findings and experiences gained from their global tour.
They were also joined by panda fans to visit the Xinhua Photo Gallery in the zoo under thetheme of Pandas and Pambassadors, which helps people better understand pandas andtheir living habits, and informs the fans of the ways of protecting pandas and otherendangered animal species as well as their habitats.
After the global tour, the three Pambassadors will use what they have learned from thetour to work continuously for the conservation of the endangered animals. They also planto post online photos they took so as to help more people get to know the pandas hosted indifferent parts of the world and how they are cared and loved by global fans.
（Editor：HuangJin、Chen Lidan）
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