Pandas to be flown from the United States back to China

Pandas that were residing at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. are being flown back to China.

Their departure marks the end of more than 50 years of Chinese pandas being housed at the zoo, which was the first US zoo to showcase the bears as part of what's been called "panda diplomacy."

Zoo staff call it a "hiatus" in their five-decade wildly popular panda program; Chinese officials have yet to say whether it will continue. Read more: https://6abc.com/giant-pandas-smithsonian-national-zoo-washington-china/14026148/