00:02Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fuxuang have captured hearts at Zoo Atlanta, making their public debut on Friday.
00:09The pair arrived from Chengdu on September 27th aboard a FedEx chartered flight dubbed the Panda Express.
00:17They are on loan to the zoo for 10 years.
00:20Their arrival ends a nearly two-year wait for Atlanta visitors to see giant pandas again.
00:26I am in love with pandas. I waited so long for this, two years.
00:32The zoo's previous pandas, including their offspring, returned to China in October 2024.
00:39Now, Ping Ping and Fuxuang are settling into their new home, cared for by Chinese experts and American keepers.
00:47Their enclosure has also been upgraded with new plants and climbing structures.
00:52We have made the outside habitats also much nicer with more new plantings and new climbing structures.
00:59Inside, there are some new materials that is very good for the pandas, for their animal welfare and well-being.
01:07Zoo Atlanta first welcomed pandas from China in 1999.
01:12Seven cubs were born there, all of which have since returned to Chengdu.
01:16Once classified as endangered, giant pandas were downgraded to vulnerable in 2016.
01:23An estimated 1,800 remain in the wild.
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01:29One of the countries that are in the wild.
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01:31One of the countries that are in the wild.
01:35One of the countries that are in the wild, South Africa, another one of the countries that
01:39More people naged as endangered.
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