An An, world’s oldest captive male giant panda, dies in Hong Kong zoo aged 35

An An at Ocean Park Hong Kong. He was born in the wild in 1986 and was a gift from mainland China. Photograph: Ocean Park/Rex/Shutterstock

The world’s oldest male giant panda in captivity has died in a Hong Kong zoo on Thursday.

The panda, named An An, was euthanised at the age of 35, the equivalent of 105 years for humans. He was born in the wild in the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan in 1986.