'Pandas are coming': Two new bears depart China for US capital 'Pandas Are Coming': Two New Bears Depart China For US Capital

Channel News Asia ^ | 15 Oct 2024

[nickcarraway]

Two giant pandas departed China for a zoo in the US capital on Monday (Oct 14), a Chinese conservation group said in a statement.

Bao Li, a male panda, and female Qing Bao, both three years old, were headed to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington under a decade-long breeding and research agreement. "China and the United States have made orderly arrangements ... to ensure that the two giant pandas will arrive at the Washington National Zoo safely and smoothly," the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) said in a statement.

Only a few of the beloved black-and-white bears remain in the United States after almost all were returned to China in recent years under pre-arranged contracts - including all three of the National Zoo's pandas last November.

[TornadoAlley3]

Probably infected with a virus.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Mmmmm! Good. I could use a good panda roast for Thanksgiving. Very
thoughtful of the Chicoms. But I think I'll pass on the bat stuffing and gravy.

[No name given]

Knowing how sneaky China 🇨🇳 is, that wouldn’t surprise me one but.

[Veto!]

We love Panda’s at our house. Hopefully. idiot Dems in D.C. won’t kill them and eat them. No depth to how low will they go.

[DocRock]

Panda dogs... Bark, bark

[dfwgator]

[Karliner]

Check them for listening devices and if they’ve been near any stores selling bats

[Waverunner]

I thought we had two panderers from China already.

[George from New England]

Built in pager parts

[rlmorel]

I saw the Pandas once when I was in Washington DC some years back, and I wasn’t impressed with them...one had it’s white ass smeared with dirt, looking for all the world like the Danny DeVito Penguin in the Batman movie, his nasty long johns smeared with dirt or worse.

I think they are blown out of proportion.

[Carl Vehse]

Hmmmmm....

Not mentioned in the linked article but noted elsewhere:

"The two pandas are loaned to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for 10 years, with an annual fee of $1 million to support conservation efforts back in China."

[Wilderness Conservative]

They cant take their stupid bears and stuff em.

[SuperLuminal]

Chances are they have been trained to operate drones all above the Nation’s cesspool...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! You win The Internets for today! :)

[Veto!]

Pandas do not belong in zoos. Wild animals in the wild take good care of themselves and many have family groups that care for one another.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Yes. I love Pandas. I saw them in person in the DC zoo a couple of times.
The Chicoms won't let us keep them. They are "on loan".

[Sacajaweau]

Wonder if the “rent” is still a million dollars a year...each.

[maddog55]

Hopefully not the spray painted dog ones they used in their zoo.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Why no Latinx colored panda?