The National Zoo will have no giant pandas for the foreseeable future after mid-November. The three are set to return to China by November 15, earlier than planned.
The three giant pandas at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., will be going back to China slightly earlier than planned, the zoo announced in statement on Wednesday, October 25. 'Giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji will leave for China by mid-November,' the National Zoo posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. 'Make sure to plan your visit or tune in online to the Giant Panda Cam for your panda fix.
In February 1972, during President Richard Nixon's visit to China, first lady Patricia Nixon told Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai that she had quite liked the pandas she had seen at the Beijing zoo, said the National Archives website. 'I'll give you some,' said Enlai — and Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling were sent over shortly thereafter. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling died in the 1990s, said the National Archives. They had no surviving offspring and had documented troubles in conceiving.
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