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Giant pandas are home at Zoo Atlanta
WSB-TV • • general
Key Points:
- Giant pandas Ping Ping (male) and Fu Shuang (female) have arrived safely from China to Zoo Atlanta and are currently in quarantine for about a month in a biosecure complex.
- After the quarantine, the pandas will make their public debut, though zoo officials have not announced a specific date for this event.
- Ping Ping and Fu Shuang were born in 2020 at China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with Fu Shuang’s birthday approaching soon.
- Their arrival marks the revival of a 25-year partnership between Zoo Atlanta and China, following the departure of the previous pandas Yang Yang and Lun Lun and their offspring in October 2024.
- Zoo Atlanta is one of only three zoos in the U.S. to house giant pandas, and the new pair are the fifth and sixth pandas to come to the country after all previous pandas returned to China.
