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Pandas from China seen exploring new home at DC Zoo

BBC News 16 Oct 2024
Bao Li and Qing Bao travelled nearly 9,000 miles to the US as the 'panda diplomacy' between both countries resumes ... .
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Pandas arrive in the US. Next stop is the National Zoo

Tulsa World 16 Oct 2024
Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas back to China, a new pair of bears arrived in the United States on Tuesday ... .
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Pandas arrive at National Zoo, but won't be ready for public debut until January

The Oskaloosa Herald 16 Oct 2024
The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought has come to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, a new ... .
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A Hong Kong zoo seeks answers after 9 monkeys die in 2 days

The Oskaloosa Herald 16 Oct 2024
Hong Kong’s oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered species. Part of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens has been sealed off ... .
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WATCH: Giant pandas from China arrive at the National Zoo in DC

ABC News 16 Oct 2024
Two giant pandas from China arrived in D.C. on Tuesday and were transferred to their new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ... .
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Two pandas arrive in US, head to National Zoo in Washington

Elko Daily Free Press 16 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON — The National Zoo’s long panda drought is coming to an end ... .
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Pueblo Zoo's beloved camel Presley passes away

Fox31 Denver 16 Oct 2024
(KXRM) — The Pueblo Zoo announced the passing of their beloved camel, Presley on Tuesday, Oct ... Presley joined the zoo from St ... Despite the seriousness of the injury, Pueblo Zoo's veterinary team and CSU ...
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San Diego Zoo has flipped the Panda Cam live. Take a look at Xin Bao ...

The Los Angeles Times 16 Oct 2024
in 21 years — debuted at the San Diego Zoo, fans can now do a virtual pop-in ... But the zoo also predicts that the pandas will be seen exploring, climbing, tumbling and chowing down on bamboo ... The zoo says 4-year-old Xin Bao is the smaller bear.
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National Zoo’s bird-banding helps track movement, decline

The Spokesman-Review 16 Oct 2024
Outside the National Zoo’s Bird House, small white cotton bags hung on hooks, each holding a bird that ornithologist Brian Evans and his team had netted that Saturday morning ... The zoo has held bird-banding demonstrations since 2017.
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This Virginia bamboo farm is tasked with fueling DC's pandas

NBC Washington 16 Oct 2024
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute harvests the more than 100 pounds of bamboo the pandas may eat in a day ... .
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Pandas bear with a long trip back to the National Zoo

The Washington Times 15 Oct 2024
Giant pandas are returning to the National Zoo this week, and officials expect bear-y large crowds after the cuddly duo get acclimated to Washington ... .
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Two giant pandas on their way from China to D.C.’s National Zoo

Journal Tribune 15 Oct 2024
The new pandas are on a 10-year lease, ending in April 2034, during which the zoo will pay the China Wildlife and Conservation Association $1 million a year ....
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Giant pandas will arrive at D.C.'s National Zoo this week

National Public Radio 15 Oct 2024
After an 11-month wait, giant pandas will populate the zoo once again. A pair of pandas, which left China on FedEx's "Panda Express" cargo jet, are expected to arrive in the D.C. area on Tuesday. (Image credit. Jacquelyn Martin) ....
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Former Columbus Zoo CEO sentenced to prison in $2.29M fraud scheme

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2024
Former Columbus Zoo CEO sentenced to prison in $2.29M fraud scheme ....
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Businesses excited for tourism boom after pandas return to National Zoo

Yahoo Daily News 15 Oct 2024
Businesses excited for tourism boom after pandas return to National Zoo ....

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