D.C.’s giant pandas will board a flight to China on Wednesday, ending an era that spanned half a century and left an enduring black-and-white imprint on the region.
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It is the fourth departure of members of the zoo’s giant panda family for China. But before this journey, there have always been giant pandas who stayed behind when the others left.Soon, their compound at the zoo in Northwest Washington will be empty, and the joyous decades of pandamania will be over, at least for the time being.Their images appeared on buses, Metro cards, sneakers, shirts, slippers, pajamas, onesies, mugs, water bottles, totes, scarves, scrunchies and hats.
The staff at the Smithsonian facility has been preparing for the departure for months. Two keepers and one veterinarian are also making the trip, along with more thanThe animals have been acclimated to the traveling crates, zoo officials said. And keepers do not expect the pandas to be distressed during the flight.Members of the zoo staff, however, have expressed heartache over the loss. Several keepers have cared for the giant pandas for many years.
Later that year, giant pandas Ling-Ling, a female, and Hsing-Hsing, a male, both about 18 months old, arrived at the zoo.The zoo was then without giant pandas until December 2000 — a gap of just over a year.A male, Tai Shan, was born in 2005 and sent to China in 2010. A female, Bao Bao, was born in 2013 and sent to China in 2017. A male, Bei Bei, was born in 2015 and sent to China in 2019.. The zoo in San Diego sent its giant pandas to China four years ago. They have not been replaced.
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