Update from the National Zoo:
“The Zoo will be closed to the public tomorrow, Oct. 15. For the safety of the pandas and staff”
CNN reports:
“Two giant pandas are on their way from China to Washington’s National Zoo, kicking off a much-awaited return of the beloved bears to the American capital.
Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years old, left the giant panda research base in Dujiangyan, a city near the bears’ native habitat in the mountains of southwest China, on Monday night local time.”
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Update from the National Zoo:
“Something *giant* is coming to Washington, D.C. via the @FedEx Panda Express! The Zoo will be closed to the public tomorrow, Oct. 15. For the safety of the pandas and staff, we will not disclose any additional timing”