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Two giant pandas will soon make their way from China to San Diego, California. Imminent new additions Yun Chuan and Xin Bao can be seen in an adorable video and photos released by San Diego Zoo.
According to Xinhua, discussions are ongoing for “a new round of cooperation” with the National Zoo and a zoo in Austria. Fewer than 2,000 giant pandas remain in the wild, according to the ...
People come to the zoo to see the pandas. Full stop. For decades, the National Zoo was the only place to see pandas in America. As I child, I went to see the original pair of D.C. pandas, Ling ...
Zoos typically pay a fee of $1 million a year for two pandas, with the money earmarked for China’s conservation efforts, according to a 2022 report by America’s Congressional Research Service.
When U.S-China relations began to sour in recent years, members of the Chinese public started to demand the return of giant pandas. Unproven allegations that U.S. zoos mistreated the pandas, known as China’s “national treasure,” flooded China’s social media. The National Zoo said the pandas coming to Washington are:
California’s governor flew in for the young bears’ debut. Throngs of media gathered inside the zoo, while the city of San Diego warned of traffic jams ahead of the much-anticipated event Thursday.
Sofia Valle, an 8th grader from Bear, Delaware, came with a school group hoping to see pandas and unaware that the zoo is currently panda-free. Instead she and her classmates — all wearing panda-ear headbands — posed for pictures in front of a Giant Panda statue and discussed coming back after the new bears arrive.
California’s state animal might be the grizzly bear, but today is another bear's big moment to shine. Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared Aug. 8, 2024, to be California Panda Day — a playful (but ...