Zoo spokesperson Annalisa Meyer said at the end of October that discussions with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to develop a future giant panda program would probably start after the pandas returned to China.
Bye bye, pandas: Smithsonian's National Zoo bids farewell as giant pandas leave for China
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“Discussions with our Chinese partner, the China Wildlife Conservation Association, to develop a future giant panda program will likely start after the current pandas have returned to China,” zoo spokesperson Annalisa Meyer said in an email.
D.C. pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected
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