Fans of Bei Bei the giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo got to enjoy a final day of celebration Monday before he's sent to China on Tuesday.
The week-long goodbye ended with daily treats and a Q&A session with one of the panda's keepers -- all of which could be seen through the zoo's"Panda Cams" that ran throughout the day. Currently, giant pandas are classified as a"vulnerable" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and are only native to China, but thanks to an agreement between the National Zoo and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, cubs are lent to the United States until they reach 4 years old, at which point they must be returned.
According to a statement released by the Zoo, Bei Bei will fly directly from Washington, D.C., to Chengdu, China, with one panda keeper and one veterinarian -- just as his older siblings Tai Shan and Bao Bao did in 2010 and 2017, respectively.
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