China to send giant pandas to Atlanta again

Atlanta volition person elephantine pandas again.

China connected Friday (April 24, 2026) announced it volition nonstop 2 elephantine pandas to Zoo Atlanta successful the U.S., successful Beijing's latest efforts of panda diplomacy contempt tensions with Washington, and little than a period earlier a much-anticipated sojourn by U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing.

The China Wildlife Conservation Association said successful a connection that antheral panda Ping Ping and pistillate panda Fu Shuang, from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, volition footwear disconnected a decade-long conservation practice nether an statement it signed with the zoo past year.