Ya Ya the panda returns to China after 20 years in U.S.
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2023
- Millions are celebrating the long-sought return of Ya Ya the panda to Shanghai after being loaned to the U.S. as a gesture of friendship over 20 years ago. NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer reports on how for years loyal supporters in China watched Ya Ya closely and loudly voiced concerns for her.
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So maddening! Hearing the lady say the pandas want for nothing.
When there are footages that have now surfaced, of LeLe begging for food shortly before dying! He bowed 50 times, begging for food and was ignored! 😭
They say YaYa has a genetic skin condition? Well, she's only been back in China for not that long, and her fur has already grown back a lot. She's eating and gaining weight.
That in itself already says a lot.
Living better than the Bears at the Chinese Bile Farms
@@drphilgee6430？ r u serious
You don’t have to be a panda expert to see the dire condition Yaya was in when at Memphis zoo. Look at the pandas in Korea, Japan, Malaysia and you will see how properly cared for pandas look like. Yaya may not have been abused but neglect is a form of mistreatment as well.
american anglosaxxon hate asian, same treatment to asian panda
Yaya has a condition didn't you watch the video? Chinese propanda invading youtube
@@originalname5645 perhaps you need to watch more videos on this topic. First you need to determine why there is a skin disease - is the environment too dirty? Does she have a vitamin C deficiency? (In case you didn’t know, skin does not heal well if there’s vitamin C deficiency). Then you have to look at how it’s been managed - is it treated? Have experts been consulted? Perhaps some steroids cream or bathing would help, has that been tried? Finally you look at the results - and she clearly has had this for a very very long time, so why is that?
@@originalname5645
Yaya's male mate died in mysterious way. Never there have been pandas in other zoos anywhere in the world had two sick pandas with one died mysteriously. Even a poor country like Mexico has had great success with pandas, several pandas in Mexico lived long time, they were among oldest pandas lived in captivity. Mexico City zoo successfully bred a few pandas they were born in Mexico. All past and current pandas in Mexico were and are healthy, not sick like Yaya or Le Le.
@@Yzzz78 It's a genetic condition, not environmental, the video itself mentioned that's what Chinese experts said and even the Chinese Ministry came out and said the panda was well taken care of by the US zoo. All her siblings (which were not cared for by the US) died at a much younger age, which suggested the zoo took very good care of her. It's disingenuous to suggest there was neglect or abuse by comparing to other pandas that were not of the same litter and did not have genetic conditions.
Lele's mother was the longest living panda died at 38, lele's father died at 31. Lele died at 24. Yaya had miscarriage 4 times. She has never had a baby living in the US for 20 years. They are saying the panda only had skin problem and there is no impact to the quality of their life? Since the panda has skin problem, why not keep her clean? Yaya didnt get cleaned till the Chinese expert came over one month ago.
Yaya don't look healthy and was not properly taken care. So sad she have to suffer so long ...
Exactly, look at panda Basi last few days, he couldn't even move a bit, still the nanny wiped his body gently with cloth then brush the fur. Most panda especially females during pregnancy and giving birth have some skin disease on their back of course their caregivers will clean then apply some medication on. They said Yaya got genetic skin disease but why don't even bother to clean and put medication to at least make her feel better?
@@mollysmeow3455 Basi died at 37, Lele's mom Xin Xing died at 38 about 4 or 5 years after Basi's death.
Memphis zoo definitely mistreated both pandas. 😡
The Chinese government literally said the pandas were taken care of well in the park.
@@Fernando5455Jr you trust Chinese government??? you are a CCP???
She’s been like this when she arrived Memphis
@@vincentsun886 after 20 years same like this?!
@@versavice9423 Besides hair, yes, you can't call someone torture their dog just because they shave it
A normal panda weighs about 100kg, Yaya was 37kg before Chinese experts arrived, and a month later Yaya was 48kg when arrived Shanghai, China
Guess the American environment is bad for the Pandas. They do well in Japan Korea Philippines Malaysia
@@13ased_AmericanThe people at the zoo are bad not the country
@@13ased_Americanits not the environment, its the people.
@@13ased_AmericanAmerican animal abuse. Pos
Memphis Zoo had abused 丫丫too much. Enough is enough.
That Memphis Zoo is in a poor condition, not suitable for the precious pandas at all. So what was the cause of the other panda's death?
The other panda was 25 years old. Pandas normally live between 20 to 30 years old so it wasn't like she died way early.
@@almac9203
Oh I see. Hope she lived a good life.
@@almac9203 the other panda, Lele is a male. Lele parents died at age 34 and 31. So? Do your own thinking! Check the fact including the gender before you speak!
@@ringofsolomon268 Lee Lee the Panda died of heart disease aged 25. That isn't unreasonable. There is zero evidence that anything unnatural happened to either panda. Chinese Panda expert Xie Zhong examined Ya Ya and said there was zero signs of neglect. The Chinese embassy sent an expert to examine the Pandas at the zoo and confirmed that they had been well taken care of so it is a bit dishonest of Chinese State media to make up lies about the care of the Pandas. This is straight from China Daily website.
Staved
This is a big lie , many people caught how bad the workers treating her and le le, it's shame , personally I saw it once how she has to bow at least 30 times before the worker throws a few dry bamboo shoots to her
She had to bow before getting food? That's definitely mistreatment! I hope that's not true.
One time I saw how workers forced her to fly at least 10 stories before she was able to eat only 1 pound worth of bamboo shoots every 2 years, very sad.
Its playmate Lele the panda had no such genetic problem but still ended up with similar conditions and even died months ago speaks everything, the zoo is clearly mistreating the two animals.
well, the panda was 25 years old...
@@GhostedGamer two pandas ended up with similar poor health conditions in a same zoo speaks many things. you won't want your 70-year old grandma and grandpa being 'taken care of' in the same way
well, you can search the latest Yaya videos on youtube. I bet you can easily see big improvement.
Memphis zoo should be ashamed of themself and need to be shut down. 1 panda death and another suffering from skin issue and malnourished. In 5 years, a zoo in third world country Malaysia produced 2 cub and both parent healthy
You are a clown. The panda that died was 25 years old. That's not exactly young. As for Ya Ya vets didn't find any mistreatment. Animals like humans can get sick through natural causes. It happens.
malaysia is developing county...not third world...
Yaya...welcome home.Really.....home
sweet home 💕
I hope she's able to adjust well and after quarantine she's able to be with others of her species.
Yes we all hope Yaya can get through one month of quarantine in Shanghai. I believe she will be better as she reaches Beijing her birthplace she will have Meng Lan the Jail Break Panda and also many friends so no more lonely life as she peeked a lot at Lele's room after he passed away.
there’s no requirement for quarantine now
Cruel to make the animal leave her home at old age.. Chinese govt. is heartless
@@davidwelch5186 I don’t get it as why the Chinese government is heartless but not the US government who leased the panda?
@@NikeYu they tortured a donkey. google donkey plank, china. that poor donkey . i hate the government that does that.
Poor Yaya, she has been not treated very well.
This is sad and embarrassing. How could our zoos treat animals like that?
Ha, u not know about the chinese Bile Farms...
Likely because of American sinophobia
animal abuse at Memphis zoo. That spokewoman will be treated the same way that she treated YaYa when she gets old. KARMA
May God help YA YA recover, omg the panda is so cute she will be missed.
Do Pandas go to Panda Heaven when they die?!? 🐼
@@wackyruss did Memphis zoo workers treated yaya well? NO!
@@kevinutube-gk9mk indeed
@@lelongbashi 1:20 listen again.
@@wackyruss do redheads go to heaven? or are they bullied there as well? gotta lay off the soymilk buddy!
omg im so happy to see she made it back i cried when i heard abt what was happening to them
I remember seeing her at the Memphis zoo in the last few weeks she was there. It was the first time I’ve ever seen a panda up close and personal, and I’m glad we were able to see her, hopefully she will live out her golden years in comfort and love from around the world
Me to
Regardless of condition, she did not seem to look like she was thriving in our climate. Our foods are poison. Even if they shipped food from china, it would never have been right. May she gain her strength.
The Chinese government literally said the pandas were taken care of well in the park.
@@Fernando5455Jr You believe them? L O L. They lie to their own people about pollution and have picture taking spots for tourists to take a picture that is 'ideal' because the rest of the sky is smog. That animal is suffering. It was not in the right climate. No matter how best we try to simulate it - that animals condition was MADE worse by being here and could have been helped if they sent her home earlier. You are a whole level of stupid if you trust what the Chinese GOVERNMENT says. The people are AMAZING for the most part. But their government will cut your throat or put you in concentration camps.
I remember when she arrived to the USA. Time flew.
this panda looks like a stray one😂
The strays in my country look healthier. 😂
Panda clearly looking neglected and various comparison videos clearly show this.
USA: trust me bro, the panda is well taken care of.
Chinese government confirmed the genetic anomaly and that the US took care of her well. Stop spreading misinformation.
China said they gave us a panda with a genetic disorder and Memphis zoo was taking good care of her.
Oh no! She will be missed. 😢🐼
After all the abuse? Ofc, they'll have to find some other animal to abuse.
@@xacoswso6976 exactly
They starved her. If they really cared about her they would care for her
My nation in Malaysia, they have panda named Yiyi and they treated very well. Now Yiyi have more children.
@@moonflowers333 Did you even watch the story? The panda was not being mistreated. She has a birth defect.
God bless u Ya ya such a lovely Panda.
Get well soon panda ya ya😢😢
If you loves Ya Ya, set her free from Memphis zoo.
A picture said a thousand words she was mistreated with skin disease and malnutrition.
Cruelty to animal is a crime punishable by law.
Do y’all not understand genetic disorders a dash of research and you could understand a picture is never the full picture.
@@joe28908 this is the one and only genetic disordered panda on planet earth then, and how do you say for a month in china since she came back, she gained 10kg
That's how I would look after a weekend in Tennessee.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yes yaya back to China thank god 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is so heartbreaking. The loaned pandas in my country have their own custom-made closure, it’s also internationally-standardized and the facilities have been assessed by the Chinese reps before. We also started a bamboo plantation initiative in order to make sure we always have enough food for the pandas. This is why China shouldn’t let any panda being brought to America ever again, they’re horrible, have no respect for others, and their anti-Chinese propaganda is really strong there.
Where do you come from?Americans are indeed anti China and racial discrimination
@@Beijing1023 Are you going to bomb her region after she tells you American?
@@eiyonlee3114 I love peace. Most Americans are still very good
SO THE BEARS AT THE CHINESE BILE FARMS ARE OK.....cadre...
..what a Hypocrite
pretty sure properly cared for pandas aren't suppose to look like that
Next time dont give anymore panda to memphis zoo anymore
My heart aches for the two pandas.
I am glad I hope the Panda recover from that
yaya回家了，她一定会幸福的度过退休生活👍👍
happy to see yaya back and best thing is that her neighbor is meng lan, that guy surely will make yaya happy again
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The Panda will be like "finally freedom"
Ironic 🤣
Returned to chinese Bile Farm
Omg she was abused in Tennessee…..horrible!!
The Chinese government literally said the pandas were taken care of well in the park.
Where you Been Ya Ya LoL 😆 Good seeing you
Thank god. The US was not nice to the Panda.
Yes we are just not the owners
America stop blundering and giving the Chinese the opportunity to make us look bad.
what if that's the reality? I mean look at the panda.. the US gov pays millions each year to keep this panda
You are bad.america is insane and disgusting and im not even chinese.
US is bad. You're just not allowed to say the truth without getting censored or getting into trouble. Free Julian Assagne!!
@@user10u7pay millions, just to abuse one panda?
@@vocaste1062 yes $1 million for each panda per year that was loaned by China.
I heard that panda would be likely to be an extinct species. Ya Ya should be no exception and I hope Ya Ya will be in good shape for the rest of its life.
You heard wrong. Here is why:
1. Pandas are no longer endangered, they are now just Vulnerable according to IUCN
2. Number 1 Threat to Panda is Habitat Loss, not any perceived inadequacies in its ability to survive according to Humans. Sure Pandas may look clumsy and they eat food their body is not evolved to digest efficeintly, and they have low birthrate. But their Habitat is remote with no natural predators and an abundance of food. They have no threats besides Humans.
3. Habitat preservation and Human intervention has achieved major success and is ongoing.
Thanks to human intervention and hard work in China and of course the help of many other countries panda status has changed from endangered to vulnerable. Thankyou Japan for taking good care of the pandas and the precious Xiang Xiang was born in Japan receiving lots of love. Arigatou gozaimasu ❤
People are blinded s yaya has been confided in the same cage 20yrs poor thing would be better off dead so sad ,why do people visit zoo's to pay for animals to be kept in cage's, people are horrible 😢
@@mollysmeow3455 delusional
A picture paints a thousand words. Enough said.
Her condition is terrible. Hope she will she will recover soon
Good luck Yaya! I wish you well ❤❤❤
She live out her golden years in China. Aka as a soup.
We will miss you Ya ya
finally❤yaya return
Panda tension? Wellcome home YaYa.
The panda is probably happy to be back in China because it understands what people are saying there😮
And got away from mistreatment and racist people 😂😮😮😮
could you imagine how the american people would react if they found out a zoo were mistreating a panda? regardless of diplomacy issues with china, everyone loves pandas......
I absolutely agree with you. I hate being used by pandas in diplomacy...
Did you even watch the story? They were not being mistreated. She has a birth defect.
american hate asian. include the animal
@@joeb134 she didn’t have good food, all was just yellow and dry bamboo, not bamboo shoots. Even if the bad food, the zoo didn’t offer enough. She was hungry 😡
@@kittyyang5340 No tf she wasn't. I live in Memphis and have done work at the zoo. The people who work there really love the animals. Like to a crazy obsessive point.
If you have to work inside an exhibit, everything you use has to be approved and then they sit an watch you the whole time. Even in the butterfly exhibit they are very very very strict. If one of the butterflies die, they would probably cry even though they are gonna die at the end of the season anyway.
Bamboo and a cage, Chinese and English sounds.
What a life.
Neglect being watched by crowds 3 or 4 days a week, they literally live a better life than most people on earth...probably 90% of the human beings...im not saying is a good thing, its just that these creatures are the most taken care of species on earth, each one of them spend more than you could imagine everyday lol
What prisoner did we give in exchange? Winnie the pOOH 😂
When did Winnie immigrate to China, I means, can't blame him. US is a soulless country after all.
westerner is subhumannnn
Now we can talk about China abusing the bear.
What 😂😂 america is abusing that animal
Can we talk about america's homeless,dugs and drags and insanity ?!?fix yourself then try others.
Duh another cray cray one twisting facts. Look at Yaya later when she's back in China you'll know who the real abuser is.
Nobody dares to talk about Gitmo camp or refugee camps at Mexico border.
People don’t really understand genetic disorders and it shows in these comments. Yaya was never going to be a big fluffy panda. The story should have focused more on that point.
Can you explain what is this disorder exactly?
@@npc9207 it’s a skin disease that causes hormone fluctuations that can cause uneven or sparse fur. As the panda gets older the disease progresses
@joe28908 what's the name of the disease? Does it only affect the skin and fur or does it make her lose weight?
Shes doing much better now, for all those people excusing a completely malnourished panda is a "genetic condition" because they're afraid of the evul seeseepee
Those crying about animal cruelty over there, keep that same energy for the dogs, cats, bats, geckos, snakes and the hundred of animals that they're responsible for putting on the endagered and Extinction list because of their appetite for pet and exotic animals and their misguided traditional medicine.
Quelle tristesde de voir ce pauvre petit panda qui demble avoir souffert.
Esperons que des soins attentifs lui permettront de retrouvrr tte sa vigueur
elle est malade avec une probleme du peau. elle n'a jamais souffert sous leur garde.
😭😭😭
i bet the panda had a drug problem...
snickers...
too much USA lifestyle
"Dont worry shes been like this all her life its normal" so u JUST admitted intestinal parasites & mange went untreated for 20 yrs n u think thats nornal.
Can't wait to see her recover!
The truth is that Ya Ya did not have another Panda companion after the death of her partner.
Any decent zoo will not do this to any animal. They were not fed or taken care of, It’s obvious Memphis zoo is incompetent…the only thing they’re capable of is shedding crocodile tears.
Man the Chinese are going to be mad
They're really deporting pandas now
It's more like leaving Gitmo camp for good. Its a norm when US can commit war atrocities to humanity.
he return to shangai zoo
1:42 yes yes trust you, ok ok
So Ya Ya had a skin condition, under weight, & near death like le Le when she was at the Memphis Zoo but all that went away when she went back home. She looks like a Panda should now and very happy. The Memphis Zoo should be punished some how but they won't be
thank to god she finally can get out from America
Get out from Memphis zoo,,,,,
look her fur you don't want to say she's health.
After 20 years in the US, Ya Ya now identifies as a transmale panda.
"Trust me"..said the spokesperson
. Her eyes lyiing.. WE DONT TRUST YOU!! Why shud we after seeing it
😊😊😊 good❤❤❤
what Brasil has to say about Lula?
Poor Ya Ya got deported
Shame on Memphis Zoo
US so crazy
Hope china won't send another panda. This is really cruel.
Trust you?! Lol america trust me trust me trust me lol
😉 Said the same Russian(s) who denied invading/annexing Crimea and Ukraine.
Panda in Russia is happy and well taken care of.
@@ringofsolomon268 : Good, I'm glad. Americans didn't create "Kung Fu Panda" because we hate them.
@@ringofsolomon268 yes
@@pohanahawaii panda ya ya has nothing to do with that
That’s CAPITALISM to ya. The zoo was paid $1million annually and the upper management pocket the rest.
The Chinese government literally said the pandas were taken care of well in the park.
@@Fernando5455Jr What's the source. Where did you hear that the chinese government said it? Did that statement came from a Chinese spokesperson? It could be a damage control by the Zoo itself.
I'm from Asia and our pandas who are well taken cared of obviously do not look like that. Keep lying and denying, it's very clear that the US and Americans do not value the China's diplomacy by abusing the precious gift that symbolizes Chinese national identity and Asians in general. Well, not suprising from Americans since Americans love attacking people of Asian descent randomly.
best thing to happen to chinese diplomacy this year.
Hi
I don't care about your politics or propaganda, that Panda ain't healthy and peope have every right to be concerned and demand answers.
Does this mean we broke up with China? 🤨
I don't hear China say Yaya born with genetic disorder, but don't worry 😂
It's OK, we have more than enough bears here in the US
we need to reintroducer predators to alot of enviroments they need to teach folk in school how to be around animals like bears and big cats
Look at Chinas panda diplomacy explained
Explain to me,.. for what mistakes do we have to put the animal in a prison ?.. did they do something bad or criminals caused ?..
Bye bye Ya Ya
Bye Ya Ya!
See Ya!
lol ita a big deal that happened to panda but chinese slaughtered a lot of marine endangered species like sharks and sea turtles.
Chinese propaganda will soon show another panda looking healthy and claim its a JaJa after it get good care in China.
You're stupid enough to think that pandas look the same.
Pandas are not "on loan" the Chinese govt rents them for $1 million per year
To refuse the animal abuse, don't send it to USA for abuse included the orphane !
animals don’t belong in cages. God created them to Rome the earth freely.
Too bad China chopped down so much of the bamboo forests that they can't keep pandas alive in the wild anymore.
Yes not in cages. Few months ago a panda cub was found death in the natural habitat with many injuries on the body. Some are so hungry they visit the villagers for food then the villagers call the conservation center. Fyi, nobody dare to hurt panda orelse they go to jail in China. It's their national treasure. Free them and panda won't exist on earth anymore in another 100 years. Let your great grandchildren see panda only on books and videos.
NOOO WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU YA YA XC
Edit:oh nvm
All the comments here have broken and awkward english. Looks like mostly chinese audience voicing out the propaganda machine
Yeah 50c cadres
From the thumb nail photos, the panda resembles someone from china