China News Service, December 8th. According to the Smithsonian National Zoo website on the 7th, according to the latest renewal agreement between the zoo and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, the giant pandas "Meixiang" and "Tiantian" and their The cub "little miracle" will live in the United States until the end of 2023.
Image source: Screenshot of the Smithsonian National Zoo website.
The website news also stated that Steven Monfort, John and Adriana Mars, directors of the National Zoo and Biological Conservation Institute of the Smithsonian Institution, said in a statement, “We have been working with our Chinese colleagues for a long time to research and take care of And saving the giant panda will now cross the half-century mark."
Monfort also said, "I look forward to the next three years with millions of Americans, watching the'little miracle' grow, and making greater progress in protecting the pandas and our understanding of pandas. ."
The picture shows "Mei Xiang" in the Giant Panda Pavilion.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
At the end of 2000, "Mei Xiang" and male giant panda "Tian Tian" arrived at the Washington National Zoo to start their career in the United States.
"Meixiang" gave birth to 6 cubs from 2005 to 2015, 3 of which survived and grew up healthy, and all returned to China at the age of 4.
The picture shows "Mei Xiang" in the Giant Panda Pavilion.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
On August 21, 2020, "Mika", who just passed her 22nd birthday, gave birth to a "little miracle" in Washington.
This is the first time that an American zoo has successfully conceived and gave birth to a panda through artificial insemination with frozen semen.
"Meixiang" has also become the oldest one among the giant pandas living in the United States.