US zoo to return beloved giant pandas to China.
Two giant pandas that have been a star attraction at the San Diego Zoo for decades will soon be returned home to China, officials announced.
"Although we are sad to see these pandas go, we have great hopes for the future," Shawn Dixon, chief operating officer for San Diego Zoo Global, said in a statement issued Monday."Working with our colleagues in China, San Diego Zoo Global is ready to make a commitment for the next stage of our panda program."
The animals had been a star attraction at the zoo, one of very few in the United States to have giant pandas. Today, pandas are listed as a vulnerable species. That means that while their survival is still threatened, conservation efforts have helped reduce their danger of extinction.
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