Last panda in Britain - Cha Cha leaves for Mexico
- Title
- Last panda in Britain - Cha Cha leaves for Mexico
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 30 Aug 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:01:42
- Description
- Cha Cha - the last panda in Britain - is getting ready to leave London Zoo for his new home in Mexico, where it is hoped he will be able to find a new mate. Keeper Mick Carman will be sad to see him go but says it is for the best. Former Prime Minister, Ted Heath, who received Cha Cha as a gift from China, says that he has been an enormous attraction. Report by John Cookson.
- Contributors
- Edward Heath; John Cookson; Mick Carman
- Keywords
- London Zoo; China; International relations; Prime ministers; Captive animals; Mexico; Cha Cha (panda)
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