00:00A last hurrah for the giant pandas.
00:05Visitors today gathering at Wong Wong and Foonie's enclosure ahead of their journey
00:10back to China.
00:11We actually got married here back in 2023, just over there.
00:17So we thought we'd come back and say goodbye one last time before they go away.
00:21Keepers will now focus on preparing the pair for their trip home.
00:24We're still working through all the final logistics, the health checks and the travel
00:28plans for the return.
00:31While many here are sad to be saying goodbye to the beloved duo, there's also a sense
00:35of excitement with Adelaide's new panda pair set to arrive next month.
00:40Obviously come to say goodbye and we'll come back and welcome the new ones, won't we?
00:44What are your hopes for our new pair?
00:48Baby pandas.
00:49Baby pandas would be amazing.
00:50They will need to do a quarantine period, so it's likely to be sort of middle of January
00:55before the public can get to meet Elon and Hsinchu.
00:58And there's another new addition to South Australia's zoos.
01:02Asian elephant Burma is settling into her new Monato Safari Park home.
01:06It has been exploring the habitat this morning, eating, drinking, pooing and weeing normally.
01:13So yeah, I mean what you're hearing from me, right, is a massive amount of relief.
01:17It was a journey months in the making and a mammoth collaboration between staff from
01:22both Auckland and Adelaide Zoo.
01:24None of us knew how she would react, leaving that habitat for the first time in what, 34
01:29years.
01:30But it was incredible.
01:31Still, she was calm.
01:32Four more elephants are due to arrive from Perth and Sydney in the coming months.
01:36I would say by middle of next year, we would hope to have a herd of five at Monato.
01:41It's a very good time to be an animal lover in South Australia.
01:44A time of comings and goings and new hope for the future of both species.
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