A day after pandas leave, heartbroken zoogoers mourn D.C.’s loss
Posted on AllSides November 9th, 2023
From The Left
On Wednesday morning, Alex and Meghan Linden’s children woke up to a panda surprise. The family would be skipping school and flying from their hometown of St. Louis to Washington. National Zoo officials had said the facility’s pandas would be leaving for China by Nov. 15, and the Lindens wanted to see them just in time. At the airport, the family saw the news: Mei Xiang, 25, Tian Tian, 26, and their 3-year-old son, Xiao Qi Ji, had just left the zoo for China, making D.C. panda-less for the first...
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