WestJet steps up to assist Calgary Zoo as Chinese bamboo shipments stall

CALGARY – The giant pandas at the Calgary Zoo will be well stocked with fresh bamboo for the foreseeable future after WestJet Cargo stepped in when another airline ended its direct China-Calgary route. The combined bamboo intake of the four giant pandas is approximately 1,200 kg. per week. Fresh bamboo, as giant pandas are fickle and refuse to eat wilted bamboo,  had been flown directly from China to Calgary on a regular basis but that arrangement concluded when the direct Hainan Airl