And it shows no signs of ebbing even now: As news broke this week that the animals would be returning to the National Zoo, complete with a front-page Washington Post story and a White House video announcement, Washington began to party like it’s 1972. When the elderly Hsing-Hsing was reported to be ill in 1999, local schoolchildren sent enough get-well …
The status of the wild giant pandas in China has been downgraded from “endangered” to “vulnerable” amid the country’s efforts on biodiversity protection and ecological restoration, an official said. Rare and endangered species such as the wild giant panda, Tibetan antelope and milu deer are living in better environments, Xinhua news agency reported. By the end of 2019, China had …
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