Bad deals were made decades ago to get them (on loan). Could have just bought them. Everything’s for sale in China. If we aren’t smart enough by now to clone them after all this time of having access to their DNA, then shame on us.
We should have cloned the pandas. Then returned the original pandas to China. But our government isn't smart enough.
“clone them”
Now you are thinking like a billionaire.
Clone them and keep some for friends and family.