After an 8,000-mile journey from China, Washington’s two new giant pandas landed at Dulles International Airport on Tuesday to continue a conservation program at the National Zoo that goes back more than half a century.
Just under a year after D.C.’s last giant pandas left for China, Qing Bao, a 3-year-old year-old female, and Bao Li, a 3-year-old male, arrived in Virginia about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. They traveled from Chengdu, China, and made a stop in Anchorage.
The zoo is closed Tuesday so the animals can get settled into their new lodgings. Though it will be at least several weeks before visitors will have a chance to see the bears, panda fans were already gearing up.
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