Two Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.

are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.

Two Pandas are expected to be returned to China from Canada's Calgary Zoo - because of a shortage of bamboo.

Canada has a limited supply of bamboo which could run out very fast.

The Calgary Zoo closed temporarily on March 16 amid the pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.

Direct flight between China and Calgary, a city in the western province of Alberta have been canceled.

The zoo said it tried to find new bamboo suppliers to feed the pandas, "Er Shun" and "Da Mao", but came across many logistic issues.

"We believe the best and safest place for Er Shun and Da Mao to be during these challenging and unprecedented times is where bamboo is abundant and easy to access," Calgary Zoo President and CEO Clement Lanthier said.

The two pandas arrived in Canada in 2014 as part of a 10-year agreement between Canada and China over the animal's protection and research.

A big panda cub (which usually lives in the mountainous regions of central China) was born in the Ouwehands zoo of the Dutch Renen (Utrecht province), according to a press release on the zoo's website.

It is noted that the cub was born on Friday, May 1, he, like his mother, feels good. The sex of the cub is not yet known, because they try not to disturb him. According to France Press, this is the first birth of a big panda cub in the Netherlands.

"At present, Wen’s mother and her cub are left alone. When the cub leaves the mother’s den after a few months, we can find out what gender it is. When this happens, the little big panda will have a name," the zoo said in a press release.

The big panda cub belongs to China - just like its parents Wen and Sin Ya. He can stay in the Netherlands for four years, after which he will be transferred to the People Republic of China.

In 2016, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature classified large pandas as vulnerable species. Prior to this, the organization attributed them to species that are endangered.