Japanese Zoo Staff Dress as Pandas After All Real Pandas Returned to China

• Adventure World in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture has staff dressing as pandas and mimicking their behavior.
• This initiative follows the return of the zoo's last four pandas to China's Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in June.
• China's 'panda diplomacy' policy dictates that it remains the owner of all loaned pandas, requiring their return when agreements end.
• The park aims to keep the public engaged, preserve memories, and help visitors understand the zoo without real pandas.
• Visitors can participate in a 'Panda Love Club' for a fee, feeding 'human pandas' and receiving a keeper certificate.

Why It Matters: A Japanese zoo uses staff in panda costumes to engage visitors after all its real pandas returned to China.