A zoo in Finland has agreed to return two loaned giant pandas to China eight years early because they are too expensive for the facility to maintain.

Two pandas are heading back to China eight years early amid lower-than-hoped-for visitor numbers at a zoo in rural Finland, and after the pair didn’t produce a cub.

A zoo in Finland will return two giant pandas to China eight years early, saying it can no longer afford to look after them. Lumi and Pyry were brought to Finland in 2018, after the two countries signed an agreement to protect the animals.