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HONG KONG, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): Visitors to a Hong Kong theme park mourned the world’s oldest captive giant panda Jia Jia Monday, a day after she died there aged 38. Jia Jia was put down at Ocean Park Sunday after her health rapidly worsened and left her unable to walk without difficulty, the park said. On Monday there were two buckets of flowers outside the panda enclosure and a sign commemorating Jia Jia’s death. “Jia Jia was a member of the Ocean Park family who had spent 17 wonderful years with Hong Kong people and she will be deeply missed,” the sign said. Visitors expressed sadness at the news. “She was just lovely. So natural. She was just beautiful,” said one elderly visitor at the park with her granddaughter.