Giant pandas are home at Zoo Atlanta

wsbtv ^ | 09/27/2026 | WSBTV.com News Staff

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or now, they will be housed in a biosecure panda complex for a quarantine period, which will last about a month, as they get used to their new home.

Once that period is over, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang will be ready for their public debut. There is no word from zoo officials on when that will be.

They are the fifth and sixth pandas to come to the U.S. since all of the pandas previously returned to China. Zoo Atlanta is one of three zoos nationwide to house pandas.

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang were born at China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in 2020. Fu Shuang celebrates a birthday just weeks from now.

Ping Ping’s name is part of one given to him and his twin brother representing a blessing for a smooth and healthy life. Fu Shuang’s name comes from “Fu Lu,” a reference to her and her mother, meaning happiness.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: panda

[KitJ]

This was a nice gesture on the part of Xi. Sincerely.

Normally, Chyna only ‘loans’ pandas. Here he’s actually giving them away.

I remember seeing the first pair of pandas in the Washington National Zoo in the 1970s after Nixon’s ‘rapprochement’. I believe they were on loan.

Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. Found here: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/history-giant-pandas-zoo

[Sacajaweau]

Loan is correct and any babies belonged to China...and the “loan” cost us $1 million each.

[ansel12]

They are just animals and the world doesn’t get any, Communist China and Islam play hard ball.

[Paal Gulli]

That’s about the biggest news for the Atlanta Zoo since Willie B the lowland gorilla in 1961.