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Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white

  • Written by Jillian Ryan, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO
Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and whiteFuni and Wang Wang in December, 2011. The gian pandas' stay at Adelaide Zoo depends on federal funding to pay China about A$1 million a year.Dave Mattner/Adelaide Zoo

Wang Wang and Funi came to Australia from China a decade ago. Their relationship is best described as complicated. Despite considerable medical assistance, they have never managed to...

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