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As part of China’s Panda Diplomacy Program, the San Francisco Zoo was selected to receive giant pandas, according to an April 19 news release from city Mayor London Breed.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
Leave a comment View Comments The scientists then conducted a wider analysis of 192 black-and-white giant pandas to verify the responsible gene as Bace2.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
The giant panda, which is endemic to China, has been a symbol of U.S.-China friendship since Beijing sent the first pair to the National Zoo as a gift in 1972, seven years before the two countries established formal diplomatic relations.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
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History of pandas at San Diego Zoo
For nearly 30 years, the zoo has had a partnership with research collaborators in China that focused on protecting and recovering giant pandas, the press release states.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
The departure of the National Zoo’s bears means that the only giant pandas left in America are at the Atlanta Zoo – and that loan agreement expires late next year.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2023
Among the creatures to be featured are sloths, green sea turtles, falcons, cheetahs, meerkats, otters, giant pandas, sea dragon and numbats.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
The beloved giant pandas are an additional incentive to visit our city.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
In the years that followed, China continued lending the animals to U.S. zoos to help encourage reproduction and save giant pandas from extinction.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1920, in the meaning defined above
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“Giant panda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant%20panda. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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