National Zoo to Get 2 Pandas for 10 Years
From Times Wire Reports
National Zoo officials in Washington, D.C., have signed an agreement with the Chinese government to pay $10 million to bring a pair of young pandas to Washington for 10 years. The zoo is counting on the District of Columbia to help underwrite the transaction. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said in a letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small that he will seek to contribute $1 million. The pandas would be younger than 6, with any offspring belonging to China.
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