‘Panda Fever’ Strikes in Cincinnati
“Panda fever” hit town Friday as a giant panda arrived for a three-month stay at the Cincinnati Zoo.
“The giant panda is a superstar,” zoo director Ed Maruska said. “It’s the most important animal we’ve ever had here.”
Zoo attendance, usually about 200,000 in September, October and November, is expected to reach about 500,000 over the next three months because of the panda.
The panda, on loan from the London Zoo, will stay through Nov. 30. Then it will move permanently to the Mexico City Zoo, which has been successful in breeding pandas.
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