新闻来源：www.abcnews.go.com
原文地址：Zoo Atlanta’s last 4 pandas are leaving for China
新闻日期：2024-09-20
Atlanta动物园最后四只大熊猫将于下月被送回中国，这标志着双方25年合作协议的结束。
atlanta动物园总裁兼CEO Raymond B. King表示：“虽然我们一定会错过 Lun Lun、杨洋、亚伦和西伦，但它们在 Atlanta 和全球留下的印记是无法磨灭的。除了给朋友们和粉丝们留下深刻印象外，它们还对科学界和动物学界对大熊猫行为、生物学及照料方式的理解产生了重要影响。”
这是继上月华盛顿国家动物园将三只大熊猫送回中国之后，又一步骤。其他美国动物园由于借用协议到期，并因两国间日益紧张的外交关系，已将大熊猫陆续归还给中国。
atlanta动物园自1999年从中国接收 Lun Lun 和杨洋以来，这对双胞胎 Ya Lun 和 Xi Lun 于2016年在美国出生。他们是自2006年以来，在该动物园出生的大熊猫中最小的，包括另外一对双胞胎已经在中国成都大熊猫繁育研究基地接受照料。
由于只有三周时间可以拜访这些可爱的大熊猫，动物园计划在10月5日举办“Panda-Palooza”活动，并为它们准备了特殊的送别活动。
原文摘要：
Zoo Atlanta’s last four giant pandas will be moved to China next month, as its 25-year agreement with the country comes to an end.
“While Zoo Atlanta will certainly miss Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun, and their departure is bittersweet, they have created a momentous legacy here in Atlanta and around the world, leaving their mark not only in the hearts of their friends and fans, but on the scientific and zoological communities’ understanding of the behavior, biology, and care of this rare and treasured species,” said Raymond B. King, the zoo’s president and CEO.
The move comes after the National Zoo in Washington returned three pandas to China last November. Other American zoos have sent pandas back to China as loan agreements lapsed amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
Atlanta received Lun Lun and Yang Yang from China in 1999 as part of a loan agreement. Ya Lun and Xi Lun are their twins born in the U.S. in 2016. They are the youngest of seven pandas born at Zoo Atlanta since 2006. Their siblings, including another set of twins, are already in the care of China’s Chengdu Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding.
With only about three weeks left to visit the beloved pandas, the zoo is planning a “Panda-Palooza” event on Oct. 5, with special activities wishing the animals farewell.
