Two giant pandas arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, less than a year after the nation’s capital said goodbye to another pair of pandas that were on loan from China.
The new pandas — Bao Li and Qing Bao — departed Chengdu, China, on Monday and made a stop in Anchorage, Alaska, according to plane tracker FlightAware.com. From there, the pandas left for Washington’s Dulles International Airport and landed at 9:53 a.m. EDT on Tuesday.
Two FedEx trucks then transported the pandas from the airport to the National Zoo. People cheered when the trucks decorated with giant panda pictures on the side and their police escort pulled into the zoo.
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