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National Zoo hopes China will rent out a panda pair Series: -DATELINE- WASHINGTON
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WASHINGTON The National Zoo is hoping to rent a pair of pandas
from China to replace Hsing-Hsing, the giant panda who died in
November.
Smithsonian Institution chief Lawrence M. Small predicted Monday
that he would have no trouble raising an estimated $8 million that
would be needed to rent a new pair of pandas from China for 10 years.
He said that China in the future likely will rent pandas to foreign
countries, not loan them or give them away like Hsing-Hsing, a gift
to America after...
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