One of the pandas being brought to the Smithsonian's National Zoo is the grandson of the pair that left the zoo in 2023.
Washington's National Zoo is preparing to welcome a pair of new giant panda s by the end of the year about six months after it sent its three pandas back to China .The Smithsonian 's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute was previously home to Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who were on loan from China for a research and breeding program.
' Just a few zoos hosted the pandas while the program was in effect, including the National Zoo, the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, and the San Diego Zoo in California. All three zoos returned their pandas as loan agreements lapsed and diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and China heightened. The last pandas in the U.S. are at Zoo Atlanta and are expected to go back to China between October and December.
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