Giant panda ‘died of old age’

Lin Hui celebrated her 21st birthday on Sept 28 last year at the Chiang Mai Zoo, where she had lived since October 2003. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)

Thai and Chinese experts have concluded that the giant panda Lin Hui died of old age last month at the Chiang Mai Zoo, where she had been well cared for over the past 20 years, according to the zoo director.

Wuthichai Muangman said the experts reached their conclusion after an autopsy in which about 50 tissue samples collected from the body of the giant panda were examined.