Two pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao were moved from a panda research center in China to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Ren Zhijun, a panda keeper at the giant panda research center in Dujiangyan, China
Having cared for the bears for weeks, it would be hard to say goodbye, Ren told CNN on Sunday. “The pandas are like my own children,” he said.
The World Wildlife Fund reports that “…pandas remain scattered and vulnerable, and much of their habitat is threatened by poorly-planned infrastructure projects – and remember: there are still only 1,864 left in the wild.”
Pandas are highly endangered due to habitat loss.
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