First German-Born Pandas Sent to China from Berlin Zoo
Pit and Paule, the pandas, will undergo a 30-day quarantine at Chengdu Panda Base after a journey delayed by the pandemic.
- Pit and Paule, the first giant pandas born in Germany, have been sent to China from the Berlin Zoo.
- The pandas' journey was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- They will spend 30 days in quarantine at the Chengdu Panda Base.
- Their return to China was contractually agreed from the start, as part of China's policy of loaning pandas to zoos on commercial terms.
- Pit and Paule's parents, Jiao Qing and Meng Meng, are expected to remain in Berlin for another nine years.