Two giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta on 10-year loan from China
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Two giant pandas arrived at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday after a nearly 16-hour flight from Chengdu, China, beginning a 10-year loan under an agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association.
Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, were born in 2020 and previously lived at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. They traveled aboard a FedEx Boeing 777 with a specialized care team and were taken from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to the zoo under police escort.
The transfer agreement was finalized in April, but Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the pandas’ imminent arrival during a three-day state visit to Washington last week. Speaking alongside U.S. President Donald Trump, Xi described giant pandas as envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American people.
Zoo Atlanta renovated its panda facilities and secured a long-term supply of locally grown bamboo ahead of the animals’ arrival. The pandas will remain in a biosecure area for a routine quarantine of about a month before going on public view.
Their arrival restores giant pandas to the Atlanta zoo after its previous four bears returned to China in 2024, ending a 25-year period during which the zoo had housed the animals. Atlanta is now one of three U.S. zoos with giant pandas.
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