National Zoo pandas headed back to China — here's when and why
Only a handful of zoos in the U.S. have had pandas on loan from China. Here's how many are left.
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Only a handful of zoos in the U.S. have had pandas on loan from China. Here's how many are left.
The panda parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 2000 as part of an agreement with the China Wildlife and Conservation Association.
The twin female panda babies born at EVERLAND and their mother, "are in good health," the park tells CBS News.
Lin Hui died at the age of 21. Her male mate, Chuang Chuang, died at the same zoo back in 2019.
Le Le's peaceful death as he slept was "sudden and unexpected" with no indication that he was sick, officials say.
In human years, An An lived to be 105.