Unrelated clips misused in false posts claiming 'US abused panda Mei Xiang'

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Misinformation about giant pandas on loan from China being abused at American zoos has spread as ties deteriorate between Beijing and Washington.

One such video viewed over a million times misuses footage of bears undergoing unrelated medical procedures at institutions in Singapore and Canada, alongside the false claim they show a panda in the United States named Mei Xiang being electrocuted.

A caption with the video says the animal was"electroshocked and artificially inseminated 24 times, and forced to give birth at 22 years old", which is considered elderly.

 

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