Giant Pandas in Washington
WAX2000120851 - 07 DECEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: The male gian panda Tian Tian plays with a toy spool December 7, 2000 at his new home at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Tian Tian and Mei Xiang are on loan from China for 10 years at 1 million dollars per year. They will be in quarantine to ensure their health for thirty days before being on display for the public. rlw/National Zoo/Jessie Cohen UPI..
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Two pandas at a zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, have begun to display courtship behavior, raising hopes of a successful mating, zoo officials said.
A male panda who recently arrived at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland has been removed from public display because he has a case of colic, zoo officials said.
The British public got its first view of a pair of pandas who recently arrived at the Edinburgh Zoo on a 10-year loan from China, zoo officials said.
Two giant pandas left China en route for the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland Sunday as part of a loan program officials hope will result in the pair breeding.
Officials at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington announced Wednesday that the zoo's giant female panda Mei Xiang may be pregnant.
