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Pandas arrive in the US. Next stop is the National Zoo
By ASHRAF KHALIL and DIDI TANGUpdated 10:51 AM GMT-4, October 15, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought is coming to an end.
Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, a new pair of bears arrived in the United States on Tuesday. They will be transported from Dulles International Airport in suburban Virginia to the zoo.
A pair of three-year old giant pandas, named Bao Li and Qing Bao, have left a research facility in the southwestern Chinese city of Dujiangyan and will soon be flown to Washington, according to a statement by the China Wildlife Conservation Association.
“Food prepared for the trip includes corn bread, bamboo and carrots, as well as water and medicine,” the statement said, adding that the partnership will “make new contributions in protecting global biodiversity and enhance the friendship of the people from the two countries.”
Pandas arrive in the US. Next stop is the National Zoo
Eleven months after the zoo said sent its three wildly popular pandas back to China, a new pair of bears is set to arrive.
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