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Al Khor, Qatar - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Panda House
2. Various of giant panda walking out, climbing on trees
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bouts, zoological director of Al Khor (starting with shot 2):
"When this was declared first, many people were saying, Oh, my God, pandas in the desert, are you crazy. But now that people come here, and they see what we've done, I mean, the reactions are just positive to like, wow, this is absolutely amazing that this was done in Qatar."
4. Various of panda drinking, dining, Cissy Kou, curator at Panda House carrying bamboos
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Cissy Kou, curator at Panda House (starting with shot 4/ending with shot 6):
"My role here is to take care of them, of course. So, we oversee the diet, the health of the panda, and we have a very good vet team here. They settled in well. And since they arrived, they gained about three to five kilograms."
6. Various of Kou sorting bamboos
7. Various of panda eating bamboos
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bouts, zoological director of Al Khor (starting with shot 7):
"Bamboo is the life support system of pandas. Get your bamboo wrong, you've got sick pandas, get your bamboo right, you've got happy pandas."
9. Various of visitors to park seeing pandas
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Visitor (starting with shot 9)(name not given):
"You know that there's only limited pandas in the world. So it feels amazing having a panda in my country."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Visitor (ending with shot 12)(name not given):
"It's a nice place for the pandas to live and it's like I feel like the animals are happy to be here."
12. Various of panda dining, taking stroll
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Cissy Kou, curator at Panda House (starting with shot 12/ending with shot 14):
"It's important for the conservation for breeding pandas. They are a bit young right now. So in maybe two years, then hopefully something will happen."
14. Various of panda eating bamboos, walking, resting
Suhail and Thuraya, two cute giant pandas in classic black-white football color gifted to Qatar, have been an amazing experience other than World Cup tournaments.
Football fans from around the world are converging on the Middle East country for the FIFA World Cup.
While the spotlight is firmly focused on super players Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, there are two other superstars that have just jetted in and are also making waves.
Three-year-old female, Si Hai and four-year-old male, Jing Jing, two lovely giant pandas traveling from China to Qatar, made their public debut at Doha's Panda House on Nov 17.
As the first giant pandas in the Middle East region, the couple was given two Arab names, Suhail for Jing Jing and Soraya for Si Hai, meaning stars in the sky.
The Panda House, a 120,000-square-meter facility standing on the outskirts of Doha, has become the new home for the pair of giant pandas. As enormous as a new World Cup stadium, the vast space can change its indoor temperature to simulate seasons。
And the pair appear to be settling into their new surroundings.
"When this was declared first, many people were saying, Oh, my God, pandas in the desert, are you crazy. But now that people come here, and they see what we've done, I mean, the reactions are just positive to like, wow, this is absolutely amazing that this was done in Qatar," said Tim Bouts, zoological director of Al Khor.
Cissy Kou is the curator at Panda House. She has been working with pandas for more than 10 years.
"My role here is to take care of them, of course. So, we oversee the diet, the health of the panda, and we have a very good vet team here. They settled in well. And since they arrived, they gained about three to five kilograms," she said.
Feeding the pandas is a huge operation. Around 800 kilograms of fresh bamboo, predominantly from China is flown in for the pair to consume each week.
"Bamboo is the life support system of pandas. Get your bamboo wrong, you've got sick pandas, get your bamboo right, you've got happy pandas," Bouts said.
The exhibit already appears to be making quite an impact on visitors.
"You know that there's only limited pandas in the world. So it feels amazing having a panda in my country," said a visitor.
"It's a nice place for the pandas to live and it's like I feel like the animals are happy to be here," said another visitor.
Given the customized living environment in the indoor park resembling Chinese forests that pandas traditionally inhabit, there is the hope that the two will breed and boost preservation efforts in the long run.
"It's important for the conservation for breeding pandas. They are a bit young right now. So in maybe two years, then hopefully something will happen," Kou said.
Qatar-World Cup/Pandas
Dateline : Recent
Location : Qatar
Duration : 2'23
Al Khor, Qatar - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Panda House
2. Various of giant panda walking out, climbing on trees
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bouts, zoological director of Al Khor (starting with shot 2):
"When this was declared first, many people were saying, Oh, my God, pandas in the desert, are you crazy. But now that people come here, and they see what we've done, I mean, the reactions are just positive to like, wow, this is absolutely amazing that this was done in Qatar."
4. Various of panda drinking, dining, Cissy Kou, curator at Panda House carrying bamboos
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Cissy Kou, curator at Panda House (starting with shot 4/ending with shot 6):
"My role here is to take care of them, of course. So, we oversee the diet, the health of the panda, and we have a very good vet team here. They settled in well. And since they arrived, they gained about three to five kilograms."
6. Various of Kou sorting bamboos
7. Various of panda eating bamboos
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Bouts, zoological director of Al Khor (starting with shot 7):
"Bamboo is the life support system of pandas. Get your bamboo wrong, you've got sick pandas, get your bamboo right, you've got happy pandas."
9. Various of visitors to park seeing pandas
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Visitor (starting with shot 9)(name not given):
"You know that there's only limited pandas in the world. So it feels amazing having a panda in my country."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Visitor (ending with shot 12)(name not given):
"It's a nice place for the pandas to live and it's like I feel like the animals are happy to be here."
12. Various of panda dining, taking stroll
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Cissy Kou, curator at Panda House (starting with shot 12/ending with shot 14):
"It's important for the conservation for breeding pandas. They are a bit young right now. So in maybe two years, then hopefully something will happen."
14. Various of panda eating bamboos, walking, resting
Suhail and Thuraya, two cute giant pandas in classic black-white football color gifted to Qatar, have been an amazing experience other than World Cup tournaments.
Football fans from around the world are converging on the Middle East country for the FIFA World Cup.
While the spotlight is firmly focused on super players Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, there are two other superstars that have just jetted in and are also making waves.
Three-year-old female, Si Hai and four-year-old male, Jing Jing, two lovely giant pandas traveling from China to Qatar, made their public debut at Doha's Panda House on Nov 17.
As the first giant pandas in the Middle East region, the couple was given two Arab names, Suhail for Jing Jing and Soraya for Si Hai, meaning stars in the sky.
The Panda House, a 120,000-square-meter facility standing on the outskirts of Doha, has become the new home for the pair of giant pandas. As enormous as a new World Cup stadium, the vast space can change its indoor temperature to simulate seasons。
And the pair appear to be settling into their new surroundings.
"When this was declared first, many people were saying, Oh, my God, pandas in the desert, are you crazy. But now that people come here, and they see what we've done, I mean, the reactions are just positive to like, wow, this is absolutely amazing that this was done in Qatar," said Tim Bouts, zoological director of Al Khor.
Cissy Kou is the curator at Panda House. She has been working with pandas for more than 10 years.
"My role here is to take care of them, of course. So, we oversee the diet, the health of the panda, and we have a very good vet team here. They settled in well. And since they arrived, they gained about three to five kilograms," she said.
Feeding the pandas is a huge operation. Around 800 kilograms of fresh bamboo, predominantly from China is flown in for the pair to consume each week.
"Bamboo is the life support system of pandas. Get your bamboo wrong, you've got sick pandas, get your bamboo right, you've got happy pandas," Bouts said.
The exhibit already appears to be making quite an impact on visitors.
"You know that there's only limited pandas in the world. So it feels amazing having a panda in my country," said a visitor.
"It's a nice place for the pandas to live and it's like I feel like the animals are happy to be here," said another visitor.
Given the customized living environment in the indoor park resembling Chinese forests that pandas traditionally inhabit, there is the hope that the two will breed and boost preservation efforts in the long run.
"It's important for the conservation for breeding pandas. They are a bit young right now. So in maybe two years, then hopefully something will happen," Kou said.
ID : 8301522
Published : 2022-11-26 17:30
Last Modified : 2022-11-26 21:37:34
Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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