San Diego Zoo to get two new pandas from China
Only four giant pandas are currently living in the U.S. after most zoos returned the pandas they received from China.
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Only four giant pandas are currently living in the U.S. after most zoos returned the pandas they received from China.
A pair of giant pandas are set to travel from China to the San Diego Zoo this summer, marking the first time the Southern California wildlife facility will house giant pandas since 2019. On Monday, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced that care team leaders recently traveled to meet the two giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, ahead of their journey to San Diego.
Yun Chuan, one of the pandas moving to the zoo, is the son of Zhen Zhen, a panda born at the San Diego Zoo in 2007
A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers recently visited China to meet the giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, ahead of their planned trip to Southern California.
With anticipation for their expected return building, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance leaders took a trip across the Pacific Ocean to visit the two giant pandas who will soon be arriving in San Diego.