One zoo was recently shamed after visitors realised the "pandas" in the enclosures were actually painted dogs. Images show pooches with black ears, limbs, and dark circles around their eyes - but ...

Back in 2014, one Italian circus troupe also painted chow chow dogs to make them resemble the black and white bamboo eaters. Attendees could pay to have photos with the 'pandas' before the scheme ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Although giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao arrived at their new home on Connecticut Avenu at the National Zoo Tuesday afternoon, officials say the pandas won't make their ...

D.C.’s newest giant pandas just got to town, but the Smithsonian National Zoo’s staff said they are already preparing for their big public debut on Jan. 24, 2025. The two pandas arrived at the ...

China has long been in the spotlight for questionable practices in its zoos, with allegations of featuring fake animals, such as dogs painted to resemble pandas or wolves masquerading as exotic cats.

Last fall, the question was: Will D.C. ever get pandas again? The answer came in May: Yes! After that, the question was: When will D.C.'s new pandas arrive? That answer came yesterday: Today!

In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into nature. It hasn’t gone as planned. Scroll to continue Chengdu ...

When I was a kid growing up in the Washington, D.C., area, it was always a big treat to visit the National Zoo pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, on school field trips or with my parents.

Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, a new pair of bears arrived late Tuesday morning. The three ...

The Pandas Have Landed! Here's What You Need to Know WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant ...

The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil it’s newly renovated panda house to the public. The bears will undergo several weeks of quarantine and ...