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Two giant pandas based on China They landed on Tuesday at Washington to solve National Zoo American capital after an agreement between the authorities of the two superpowers.
Bao Li and Qing Bao, whose names mean “precious energy” and “green treasure” respectively, arrived in Washington as part of new 10-year agreement with Chinese authorities and they the first pandas Beijing has sent to the US capital in 24 years.
Early Tuesday morning, a pair of giant pandas left southwest China for the United States to take up residence at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC. #GLOBALink pic.twitter.com/wS8vBKzVNZ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) October 15, 2024
The public presentation of both will be next January 24once Quarantine ends what needs to happen to reduce the risk transmit parasites or diseases to other animals.
Thanks to our partners in @FedEx for the safe transportation of pandas to Washington from China! Although the pandas are not on display yet, there are still plenty of ways to have panda fun! Visit https://t.co/mcdrhDx45b to learn more!
—National Zoo (@NationalZoo) October 15, 2024
Until then some limited groups of zoo staffvolunteers and some partners You will have the opportunity to visit the pandas. and help them get used to the sights, sounds and smells of crowds before their public debut.
Two bears both are three years old, They arrive in the United States almost a year after The Washington Zoo has returned three of its pandas to the Asian country.
Panda lends to China does other countries stipulate that calves must return to the Asian giant when they are between two and four years old, and adults when they reach old age.
The news caused some surprise among American fans, as some feared the departure was part of Beijing’s strategy to get rid of bears amid rising tensions between both countries, since in recent years other pandaslike the ones in zoos San Diego, Memphis and Atlanta also returned to China.
Animals traveled by plane Boeing 777 cargo from FedEx, by nickname “Panda Express” which took off early Tuesday morning local time and landed at Washington Dulles International Airport at 9:53 local time.
Once they arrived in the United States, the cells were transported one by one on trucks from the same company to the United States. National Zoo and Institute of Biological Conservation, where they arrived around 11:35 local time, the zoo said in a statement.
This was reported to the animal care team. Bao Li and Qing Bao They came out of their cages and They began to explore their new enclosures, where the keepers put lots of bamboo for bears to eat.
Brandi Smithdirector of the Institute of Conservation, said:
Our team has worked tirelessly to prepare for the pandas’ arrival, and we are thrilled to welcome Bao Li and Qing Bao to Washington, D.C., the only place in the country where giant pandas can be seen for free.
China started the call “panda diplomacy” in the late 50s, although this was not the case until 1972 When the first copies were transferred to the USA. after a visit to Beijing by then-President Richard Nixon.
For my part, Beijing assured that cooperation in preserving pandas “This will improve the friendship” between both countries.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Representative Mao Ning stated that Beijing and Washington“in accordance with the requirements and technical standards for international cooperation for the conservation of giant pandas,” they “everything possible to ensure health and safety” these animals.
However, the newspaper New York Times published an investigation into the arrival of animals, in which it assures that Chinese authorities and American zooss “they wore pink makeup” A program that often failed to achieve its goals.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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