China sent a pair of giant pandas to the US for ten years
Two giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang on September 27 at 2:55 local time (September 26 at 21:55 GMT) flew charter flight from the Chinese airport Chengdu Shuanglyu to the zoo of Atlanta, where they will spend ten years.
Two giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang on September 27 at 2:55 local time (September 26 at 21:55 GMT) flew charter flight from the Chinese airport Chengdu Shuanglyu to the zoo of Atlanta, where they will spend ten years. Xinhua reports.
Before the flight at the Center for the study and breeding of giant pandas in Chengdu, wires were arranged for them.
Ping Ping is a male born on March 17, 2020, Fu Shuang is a female, she was born on October 18 of the same year. Xinhua notes that the first panda climbs trees well, the second quickly finds food hidden by the caretakers.
On September 24, President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping announced during a state visit to the United States that Ping Ping and Fu Shuang will arrive at the Atlanta Zoo in the coming days. He called giant pandas a symbol of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.
In 2019, China donated pandas Zhui and Dingding to the Moscow Zoo. In 2023, they were born Katyusha – the first baby giant panda born in Russia.
China uses the transfer of pandas to foreign zoos as a tool of so-called “panda diplomacy”. Since 1984, animals have been provided to other countries under contracts that are usually concluded for ten years. After the end of the period, the pandas return.
