Three-year-old panda Bao Bao was flown to China from the Washington National Zoo, leaving behind her parents and brother. Although Bao Bao was born in D.C., she has technically been on loan from China. Visitors flock to watch Bao Bao at the Smithsonian National Zoo. “Its presence in non-Chinese zoos involves others in the appreciation and care of a Chinese national treasure.”In the 1980s, China stopped giving pandas, lending them instead, according to zoos and Chinese state media. The Smithsonian National Zoo recently gave up its Washington-born 3-year-old Bao Bao.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 24, 2017 14:49 UTC