The beloved giant pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are leaving for China on Wednesday morning, almost one month earlier than their stay's expiration date.
By Yong Xiong, Melissa Gray and David Culver, CNN (CNN) – Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of Chinese pandas being housed at the zoo.
Three of the most popular residents at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are headed back home to China. The pandas departed the zoo in FedEx crates Wednesday.
Tian Tian, 26; Mei Xiang, 25; and their 3-year-old cub Xiao Qi Ji have boarded a special FedEx plane — decked out with an image of a panda on the nose — to make their journey home Wedne…
It’s the day thousands of visitors to the National Zoo have been dreading for months. The beloved giant pandas are leaving D.C., traveling up Connecticut Avenue and flying to China on a FedEx plane.
(CNN) – The three giant pandas tumble around in their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, munching on bamboo shoots and leaves, climbing
Pandas that are part of China's loan program are meant to serve as an envoy of friendship between China and the host country, so the fading program in the United States may indicate a diplomatic shift.
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo parted with its beloved giant pandas Wednesday, ending the furry inhabitants’ nearly 23-year stay in the nation’s capital.
It is the day many have been dreading around the D.C. area. The Pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo are departing and making a long trip back to China.
D.C.’s giant pandas will board a flight to China on Wednesday, ending an era that spanned half a century and left an enduring black-and-white imprint on the region.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji. on Wednesday began their long trip to China, leaving behind an empty panda exhibit with no certainty that pandas ever would again tak…
A sign along the National Zoo's Asia Trail outside the Giant Panda Habitat confirmed what many visitors already suspected Wednesday. The Zoo's most famous residents, giant pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their cub Xiao Qi Ji, were already gone.
It’s the day thousands of visitors to the National Zoo have been dreading for months. The beloved giant pandas are leaving D.C., traveling up Connecticut Avenue and flying to China on a FedEx plane.
The three giant pandas that live at the National Zoo will depart for China Wednesday, ending a loan program with the Chinese government that lasted more than 50 years.
All three giant pandas in the Washington zoo were set to begin a one-way trip back to China on Wednesday, leaving only a few of the cuddly creatures in the United States amid tense diplomatic relations…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji. on Wednesday began their long trip to China, leaving behind an empty panda exhibit with no certainty that pandas ever would again tak…
The panda parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 2000 as part of an agreement with the China Wildlife and Conservation Association.
