The National Zoo is expected to make an announcement Wednesday on the future of its giant panda conservation program.
A pair of 2-year-old giant pandas are set to arrive at the National Zoo by the end of the year. The male panda, Bao Li, is the offspring of Bao Bao, who was born in D.C. in 2013Giant pandas are set to return to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., by the end of the year, officials announced Wednesday.
One of the bears headed to D.C. has family ties to the National Zoo’s panda family. Bao Li is the offspring of Bao Bao, who was born at the National Zoo in 2013. That makes Bao Li the grandchild of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the zoo said. The name means"treasure" and"energetic" in Mandarin Chinese. , the three went to new homes in the China Wildlife Conservation Association, leaving the National Zoo's giant panda habitat vacant for the first time in decades.
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