{"id":2247982,"date":"2024-05-19T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-taking-last-pandas-in-america-back-from-u-s-zoo\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T13:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T17:40:43","slug":"china-taking-last-pandas-in-america-back-from-u-s-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-taking-last-pandas-in-america-back-from-u-s-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"China retrieves final pandas from American zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-taking-last-pandas-in-america-back-from-u-s-zoo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>China is reclaiming the last four giant pandas from Zoo Atlanta, returning them to China by \u2063the end of the\u2063 year as a 25-year\u200d agreement expires. This marks the end of the pandas&#8217; stay in the U.S., following the return \u2064of\u200c three pandas from the \u2064National Zoo in Washington to\u2064 China\u200d in November \u200cafter a 10-year tenure. \u2062Further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-history-of-animal-diplomacy-involving-us-and-other-countries\/\" title=\"US and other countries have a history of animal diplomacy\">panda\u2063 exchanges<\/a> with other U.S. zoos and internationally are being considered.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>China Taking Last Pandas in America Back from U.S. Zoo<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 19, 2024 at 10:27am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>China is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faulconer-ready-to-face-newsom-in-race-for-calif-governorship\/\" title=\"Faulconer ready to face Newsom in race for Calif. governorship\">taking back<\/a> the last four giant pandas in America.<\/p>\n<p>Zoo Atlanta will return Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their twins, Ya Lun and Xi Lun, to China by the end of the year as a 25-year agreement that brought\u00a0 Lun Lun and Yang Yang to Atlanta expires, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/18\/us-news\/us-to-say-goodbye-to-last-remaining-chinese-pandas-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The younger pandas were born at the zoo in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The pandas have been the only ones in the U.S. since November, when three pandas from the National Zoo in Washington went back to China after spending 10 years in D.C.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zoo Atlanta is preparing to send its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-zoos-return-giant-pandas-to-china-ending-the-regimes-panda-diplomacy\/\" title=\"US Zoos Send Giant Pandas Back to China, Ending 'Panda Diplomacy'\">giant pandas back<\/a> to China, following suit with other states, the zoo confirmed Friday in a press release.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WAb3uCGJeN\">https:\/\/t.co\/WAb3uCGJeN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WJBF (@WJBF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WJBF\/status\/1792215898989687254?\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe terms of Zoo Atlanta\u2019s giant panda loan with China have always included the stipulation that per the terms of the loan agreement, all offspring of Lun Lun and Yang Yang travel to China when they are of age,\u201d the zoo said in a statement in November, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll five of Ya Lun\u2019s and Xi Lun\u2019s older siblings have done so and now live in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China began what was termed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-birth-panda-cub-national-zoo-brings-moment-pure-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panda diplomacy<\/a>\u201d in 1972 by loaning the animals to American zoos, but has always retained ownership.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever seen a panda at an American zoo?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe reason for the deal\u2019s expiration is not a single isolated event or condition not being met. It reflects the more general sentiment of the Chinese government toward another country,\u201d Barbara K. Bodine, director of Georgetown University\u2019s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, wrote in a commentary for the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgetown.edu\/news\/the-giant-pandas-have-left-the-national-zoo-whats-next-for-u-s-china-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the pandas leaving D.C. will be the last of the animals on loan to the United States, there could be more in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Chinese officials indicated that the country was sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fetterman-takes-head-scratching-shot-china-hearing-taking-back-pandas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two pandas<\/a> to the San Diego Zoo, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pandas-san-diego-zoo-california-china-6976587ee9992c861d9a56db0cb1ff89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>. If all permits are approved, the pandas \u2014 a male and a female \u2014 could be in San Diego by the end of the summer, AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>The China Wildlife Conservation Association said it also agreed to send pandas to zoos in Washington, D.C, Madrid and Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to further expanding the research outcomes on the conservation of endangered species such as giant pandas, and promoting mutual understanding and friendship among peoples through the new round of international cooperation,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Mao Ning said, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On April 27, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced that pandas Yunchuan and Xinbao will go to the San Diego Zoo for a period of 10 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/panda?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#panda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/animal?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#animal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fGksBX3WhW\">pic.twitter.com\/fGksBX3WhW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pandaworld (@thanh40180) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thanh40180\/status\/1784309038169378864?\">April 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/progressive-utopia-san-francisco-program-buys-alcohol-homeless-alcoholics-improve-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Zoo<\/a> could also be getting pandas, but it\u2019s not a done deal.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor London Breed announced in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sf.gov\/news\/mayor-breed-announces-san-francisco-zoo-will-welcome-pandas-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 19 news release<\/a> that the city\u2019s zoo had been selected for pandas.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/mayor-london-breeds-plans-to-bring-pandas-san-francisco-zoo-from-china-hits-roadblock-with-board-of-supervisors\/14833922\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KGO-TV<\/a> in San Francisco reported that a fundraising plan by Mayor London Breed had run into opposition from the city\u2019s Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>According to KGO, Breed\u2019s plan aims to use only private donations, not taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo had pandas in 1984 and 1985.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China reclaims final American pandas as Zoo Atlanta returns Lun Lun, Yang Yang, and their twins, Ya Lun and Xi Lun. 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