24 Feb 2017

Special delivery: US-born panda cub Bao Bao bound for China

Highlights

  • The National Zoo is packing up its American-born panda cub Bao Bao for a one-way flight to China
  • She'll be the only panda on the plane, traveling with a keeper and a veterinarian
  • Keepers have a packing list of Bao Bao's favorite foods: 55 pounds of bamboo & 5 pounds of apples.
Panda cub Bao Bao, roams in an enclosure at the Smithsonian Panda cub Bao Bao, roams in an enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. (AP File Photo)