Adelaide Zoo Calls for More Tax Dollars to Fund China’s Panda Breeding Program

Funi the Panda enjoys eating her birthday cake to celebrate her first Australian birthday at Adelaide Zoo on August 23, 2010 in Adelaide, Australia. Funi, meaning 'Lucky Girl', turns four years old today. Funi, who shares an enclosure with Wang Wang, are the only Giant Pandas in the Southern Hemisphere and the first to live permanently in Australia. Morne de Klerk/Getty Images

Adelaide Zoo has called for its two giant pandas, on loan from China, to stay longer.

The 10-year agreement that brought Wang Wang and Fu Ni to Australia expires in November but Zoos SA chief executive Elaine Bensted says an extension would be welcome.