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Panda Tweet-Storm

3/31/2019

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□ Important Panda Update □

In honoring the terms of our conservation loan agreement with the People’s Republic of China, 27-year-old Bai Yun and her son, 6-year-old Xiao Liwu, will leave the San Diego Zoo in April & will be repatriated to their ancestral homeland. pic.twitter.com/b7evk4fVte

— San Diego Zoo (@sandiegozoo) March 25, 2019

I did behavioural research as a volunteer in the Panda Research Center and when I moved for grad school I continued volunteering by manning the web cam remotely. I've been banking hours for almost 12 years! SO many memories! I am going to miss them so much! #Pandas4Ever https://t.co/OhzfktXQTj

— Caitlin Curry □ (@ThatLionLady) March 26, 2019

I collected data and samples for a few different of studies. It as a great experience and I'm really honored to have been a part of such a successful conservation effort! #Pandas4Ever @sandiegozoo pic.twitter.com/H194jP3ZKV

— Caitlin Curry □ (@ThatLionLady) March 26, 2019

I have a LOT of pictures of pandas. Here are a few of my favorites I've taken! #Pandas4Ever pic.twitter.com/Tf5hS15BWj

— Caitlin Curry □ (@ThatLionLady) March 26, 2019

This is my favorite of the videos I've taken. It's Zhen Zhen learning her limits. She was my favorite panda to watch. What a character! #Pandas4Everhttps://t.co/MrnZ9QnaZr

— Caitlin Curry □ (@ThatLionLady) March 26, 2019

See... such a character! #Pandas4Everhttps://t.co/suk58fO9YY

— Caitlin Curry □ (@ThatLionLady) March 26, 2019
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Epic Panda News

3/25/2019

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The San Diego Zoo's Long-Term Conservation Loan Agreement with China has come to a close. This means Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu will be headed to China sometime this spring as a new phase of panda conservation is set to begin.

For the past 25 year, the San Diego Zoo has been part of an international effort to prevent panda extinction that has met it's conservation goals. The news of this program ending is therefore heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time. It's incredibly impressive that the program has been such as success, especially in San Diego with our rock star Bai Yun as the helm. But, it's going to be sad and strange for the San Diego Zoo to not have any pandas, even if it's only for a short time. I'm also super bummed I won't have a chance to see them in person again before they head back to China but I am honored to say I was a part of such a successful conservation effort!

Gao Gao was the most recent panda to head back to China. He has been living it up at a panda retirement home while his offspring have been pumping out more little pandas as part of an ongoing breeding program. Now Mama and baby brother will be joining them in their native land.

Plans for the next phase haven't been revealed yet and when I asked for the inside scoop they just replied "stay tuned."

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Check out all my panda posts. I love those pandas!
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