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Zoo Atlanta’s last 4 pandas are leaving for China
Zoo Atlanta’s last four giant pandas will be moved to China next month, as its 25-year agreement with the country comes to an end. The zoo's president and CEO says
A bittersweet departure: Pandas return to China from Zoo Atlanta after more than 20 years
All four giant pandas that have called Zoo Atlanta home landed back in China on Saturday. It's been 23 years since the parents came to Georgia.
Bye-bye pandas: Zoo Atlanta's famous giant pandas head back to China
It was a bittersweet farewell at Zoo Atlanta on Saturday morning when giant pandas Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun officially started their journey back to China.
Zoo Atlanta’s giant pandas leave for China after 25 years in the city
After decades at Zoo Atlanta and months of goodbye celebrations, the zoo’s beloved giant panda family returned to China on Saturday morning.
Zoo Atlanta’s giant pandas leave for China
ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta bid farewell to four giant pandas who left on a FedEx plane to China Saturday morning. The pandas’ departure marks the end of a 25-year deal with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where the pandas will begin the next chapter of their lives.
Zoo Atlanta’s pandas have officially left for China
ATLANTA — After 25 years, the time has come to say goodbye to Zoo Atlanta’s panda family. Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun officially left for the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on Saturday morning. Three Zoo Atlanta team members are making the journey with them to help keep them comfortable on the flight.
Zoo Atlanta bids farewell as pandas head to China
The departure follows the zoo’s recent “Panda-Palooza” farewell celebration on October 5, where fans gathered to say their goodbyes. Zoo Atlanta has played a critical role in giant panda conservation, contributing over $17 million since the mid-1990s to support efforts in China, including reforestation and reserve management.
Here’s how the Smithsonian Zoo grows bamboo for its pandas
At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for the new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao.
Documents Reveal China’s Strict Rules for Zoo Panda Rentals
Documents from recent deals that brought four new pandas to the United States reveal just how intricate and highly secretive the exchanges with China can be, reported the New York Times. The documents,
China's Newest Panda Diplomats arrive in DC
It was "pandamonium!" Two new giant pandas have returned to the National Zoo in Washington DC. It's a part of what many are calling "panda diplomacy." Dr. Carla Freeman is a senior expert in U.S.-China relations for the United States Institute for Peace.
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The Smithsonian National Zoo's New Giant Pandas Will Make Their Public Debut on January 25
For the first time in more than two decades, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is welcoming ...
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Zoo Atlanta bids final farewell to giant pandas on special FedEx plane
ATLANTA -- Four giant pandas who had been beloved guests at Zoo Atlanta were returned to China on a special FedEx plane. The ...
Giant Pandas Travel to China From Atlanta on Special FedEx Plane
Four giant pandas who had been beloved guests at Zoo Atlanta were returned to China on a special FedEx plane last weekend.The ...
New murals, hammock, cameras await National Zoo’s new giant pandas
There’s lush new sod in the National Zoo’s giant panda compound. There’s a new panda “hammock,” made out of strips of fire ...
Giant pandas begin their journey to DC's National Zoo
Although the two were born in China, Bao Li has some major D.C. roots: He is the son of Bao Bao, who was born at the National ...