Final of China’s pandas in America will quickly be leaving and heading dwelling

The final U.S. zoo with pandas in its care expects to say goodbye to the 4 big bears this fall.

Zoo Atlanta is making preparations to return panda mother and father Lun Lun and Yang Yang to China together with their American-born twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun, zoo officers stated Friday. There isn’t any particular date for the switch but, they stated, however it’s going to possible occur between October and December.

The 4 Atlanta pandas have been the final in the USA because the Nationwide Zoo in Washington returned three pandas to China final November. Different American zoos have despatched pandas again to China as mortgage agreements lapsed amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the 2 nations.

Atlanta acquired Lun Lun and Yang Yang from China in 1999 as a part of a 25-year mortgage settlement that can quickly expire.

Ya Lun and Xi Lun, born in 2016, are the youngest of seven pandas born at Zoo Atlanta since their mother and father arrived. Their siblings are already within the care of China’s Chengdu Analysis Heart of Big Panda Breeding.

It’s potential that America will welcome a brand new panda pair earlier than the Atlanta bears depart. The San Diego Zoo stated final month that workers members just lately traveled to China to satisfy pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, which might arrive in California as quickly as this summer season.

Zoo Atlanta officers stated in a information launch they need to be capable of share “vital advance discover” earlier than their pandas depart. As as to whether Atlanta may see host any future pandas, “no discussions have but taken place with companions in China,” zoo officers stated.