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- A brace of elephantine pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will beryllium transferred from China to nan San Diego Zoo arsenic portion of a conservation partnership.
- Caretakers from nan San Diego Zoo precocious visited China to meet nan pandas up of their journey.
- The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has a long-standing business pinch Chinese conservation institutions.
A brace of elephantine pandas will soon make nan travel from China to nan U.S., wherever they will beryllium cared for astatine nan San Diego Zoo arsenic portion of an ongoing conservation business betwixt nan 2 nations, officials said Monday.
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers precocious visited China to meet nan elephantine pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, up of their planned travel to Southern California. An nonstop day for nan handoff hasn't been set.
Yun Chuan, a mild-mannered antheral who's astir 5 years old, has "deep connections" to California, nan wildlife confederation said. His mother, Zhen Zhen, was calved astatine nan San Diego Zoo successful 2007 to parents Bai Yun and Gao Gao.
OUTSIDE OF CHINA, PANDAS ARE ONLY FOUND IN THESE 5 ZOOS AROUND THE WORLD
Xin Bao is simply a astir 4-year-old female described arsenic "a gentle and witty introvert pinch a saccharine information look and large ears."
This photograph shows nan elephantine panda Yun Chuan connected April 25, 2024, successful nan Sichuan state of China. A brace of elephantine pandas will soon make nan travel from China to nan U.S., wherever they will beryllium cared for astatine nan San Diego Zoo arsenic portion of an ongoing conservation business betwixt nan 2 nations, officials said connected April 29. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo via AP)
"Our conservation partners successful China shared photographs and characteristic traits of Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, but gathering them successful personification was truthful special," said Dr. Megan Owen, nan alliance's vice president of conservation science. "It’s inspiring arsenic group from astir nan world travel together to conserve, protect, and attraction for these typical bears, and we can’t hold to invited them to San Diego."
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The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has a astir 30-year business pinch starring conservation institutions in China focused connected protecting and recovering elephantine pandas and nan bamboo forests they dangle on.
