How does one procure a daily ration of fresh bamboo for two giant pandas who happen to be very finicky eaters? This is the problem zookeepers in Calgary have been wrestling with during the pandemic. The pandas — Da Mao and Er Shun — have been on loan from China since 2014. Calgary Zoo President Clément Lanthier says he’s watched the disruption to their food supply get worse and worse.
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