it signed another three-year extension to keep all three pandas until the end of 2023.
Mei Xiang has given birth to seven cubs while at the zoo. Three of her cubs died before adulthood and three have been returned to China, as part of the agreement is that they must be returned by age 4. Xiao Qi Ji will remain with his parents at the zoo until they all return to China together. Per China's agreement with the Atlanta Zoo, the younger cubs will be returned at the end of 2024 and it is expected their parents will return as well. The loan agreement, which was instated in the mid-1990s, expires in 2024 and the zoo says there has been no discussion to extend it.San Diego got its first two pandas in 1987, and they were supposed to stay just 100 days. They eventually signed a 12-year agreement and received two pandas named Bai Yun and Shi Shi in 1996.