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US-born panda Bao Bao arrives at new home in China

US-born panda Bao Bao arrives at new home in China
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Welcome Home – that was the message for American born panda Bao Bao as she finally finished a gruelling 16-hour flight from the US to China.

Welcome Home – that was the message for American born panda Bao Bao as she finally finished a gruelling 16-hour flight from the US to China.

The bear’s journey began in a crate loaded onto a truck, which included 25 kilos of bamboo.

The one-way trip sees her join China’s breeding programme.

Bao Bao was born in Washington at the National Zoo to pandas on loan from Beijing.

Under a deal between the Chinese and US governments’, cubs must be returned to China before they are four years old.

Initially she will be cared for by an English-speaking keeper, as she doesn’t understand commands in Chinese.

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