Giant Panda Mei Xiang And Tian Tian At Dujiangyan Panda Base

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 05: Giant panda Mei Xiang enjoys bamboo shoots at the Dujiangyan Base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda on July 5, 2024 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. In 2000, female giant panda Mei Xiang and male giant panda Tian Tian were leased to the US, staying at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. And then Xiao Qi Ji returned to Sichuan on November 9, 2023 from the Smithsonian's National Zoo with its parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. (Photo by An Yuan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)