Panda

WASHINGTON (AP) A specially equipped Boeing 777 jet took off from Dulles International Airport on Tuesday carrying a true Washington celebrity: Bei Bei, a 4-year-old giant panda. Visitors to Washingtons National Zoo have watched him grow up since Day One. Bu…

WASHINGTON: The US-born giant panda Bei Bei on Tuesday (Nov 19) left the only home he has known at the National Zoo in Washington for a 16-hour flight back to China as part of its research and breeding programme. Bei Bei will travel on a specially equipped d…

WASHINGTON - The US-born giant panda Bei Bei on Tuesday left the only home he has known at the National Zoo in Washington for a 16-hour flight back to China as part of its research and breeding programme. Bei Bei will travel on a specially equipped direct fl…

Bon voyage Bei Bei!The giant, beloved 4-year-old panda departed his home at Smithsonian’s National Zoo Tuesday for a new life in China. Bei Bei after chomping down on his last American breakfast of bamboo and biscuits left the zoo where he has spent his enti…

Published: 12:09am, 20 Nov, 2019 Updated: 12:11am, 20 Nov, 2019

(Reuters) - After a month of preparations and good-byes, Bei Bei, the Washington National Zoo’s most eligible giant panda bachelor, is set to leave for China on Tuesday, where scientists hope he will help increase the population of his species. The departur…

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bei Bei (BAY-BAY), the 4-year-old giant panda, began his journey to China this morning. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is providing safe transport for this precious cargo as he is returned home to aid the worlds conservation efforts for …

Bei Bei was born at the zoo in 2015 and is the last of the zoos three giant panda cubs to go. His name means precious treasure. His leaving comes at a time of uncertainty for pandas at the zoo, where they have been a nearly constant - and popular…

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Giant Panda Bei Bei Set To Leave National Zoo For China