Volgens de zoo is de eighteen-year-old Tuan Tuan Zaterdag overleden by 13.48 p.m. local tijd (6.48 p.m. Belgian tijd). In augustus had de zoo al reported dat de reuzenpanda ziek was. Earlier this year the zoo reported that the target targets would be and that the onmogelijk would be het met geneesmiddelen still a gepaste levenskwaliteit te biden.
Tuan Tuan was a van two reuzenpanda’s China aan Taiwan as a special purpose of a dierenuitwisselingprogramma in 2008. That was what grandchildren wanted after the toenmale President Ma Ying-jeou, who was against Beijing, de eed had afgelegd.
Het couple kreeg twee nakomelingen in 2013 and in 2020.