Two pandas on route to San Diego after farewell ceremony in China

By Audrey Baker

Published June 27, 2024 11:08am ET

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Two pandas on route to San Diego after farewell ceremony in China — FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Two giant pandas are on their way from China to the San Diego Zoo, the first pair of pandas to enter the United States in 21 years, according to the zoo’s press release.

U.S. officials and leaders of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance joined Chinese dignitaries and conservation leaders in China’s Sichuan province to bid farewell to the pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, in a ceremony.

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