An An (giant panda)

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An An (Chinese: 安安; 1986 – 21 July 2022) was a male giant panda.[1] He lived in Hong Kong Ocean Park.[2] He was a gift from the Central People's Government of China to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1999.[3] He was the longest-living male giant panda in the world under human care before his death in 2022.[4]

An An was euthanised at aged 35 on 21 July 2022 at Hong Kong Ocean Park after being sick for the last three weeks.[5][6]

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