The National Zoo’s three three celebrity pandas — Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their youngest cub, Xiao Qi Ji — are heading back to China.
Three giant pandas — Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their youngest cub, Xiao Qi Ji — departed from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, heading back to China.Their departure marks the end of more than 50 years of Chinese pandas being housed at the zoo, which was the first U.S. zoo to showcase the bears as part of what’s been called “panda diplomacy.
Partially fueled by Chinese state media, the claims went viral.Video below: Officials speak at the Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian's National Zoo as the giant pandas departed D.C. for ChinaChinese doctors defended the zoo’s treatment of the pandas, confirming that the giant panda, named YaYa, was suffering from a skin disease, but was in good health.
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