According to the report in Taiwan, panda experts from the Chinese mainland have found that the health condition of a giant panda in Taiwan's Taipei Zoo is better than expected. The 18-year-old male panda named Tuan Tuan, one of two giant pandas gifted by the mainland to Taiwan in 2008. Recently, he has some diseases on his feet. The worse situation has drawn both sides of the Taiwan Straits' attention.
Two mainland veterinarians（兽医）, Wu Honglin and Wei Ming, sent by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday to examine the panda's health. Taipei Zoo asked the center for help on Oct 27. Soon it decided to send the two specialists on giant panda health to the zoo.
As the report goes, the zoo said it has exchanged detailed information with the experts and the experts have checked on the panda. The experts will give feed back（反馈）on whether it is the animal's brain that is causing weakness in its back legs. There is no latest treatment plan yet, and the two experts will communicate with other mainland experts in the next few days. It is hoped they can give opinions from watching the panda's behavior, but it will take three to four days.
Since they arrived at Taipei Zoo in 2008, Tuan Tuan and his mate, Yuan Yuan, have been popular among people in Taiwan, especially children. They have had two babies, one in 2013 and another in 2020.
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