A deal to send a second pair of pandas from China to California is now official. And we have their names!
, a pair of pandas from the Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center at Chengu has been selected for the zoo. Their names are "Yunchuan" and Xinbao .China is sending two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo - the first time it has granted new panda loans to the United States in two decades.Yun Chuan, a nearly five-year-old male panda, who is described as being "mild-mannered, gentle and lovable," has a deep connection with the San Diego Zoo, according to the alliance.
The news comes more than a week after San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on April 20, 2024 during an economic trip to China, she signed a letter of intent to bring a pair pandas to the San Francisco Zoo sometime in 2025. The San Francisco Zoo will have to raise close to $25 million to upgrade a temporary facility for pandas from China, in addition to a permanent habitat. The zoo also has to secure permits at local and federal levels for the enclosures. The zoo would lease the pandas for approximately $1 million per year.
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