Anyone else tear up at the pandas going back to China?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are not ours... They don't belong to us... They were a part of the agreement we should all knew about ... they are going home ...

It is still ok to feel sad about losing those incredibly charming animals. I will miss them too.

I agree with this. I’m a bit sad but it’s to be expected. I read somewhere that the zoo is planning to upgrade their panda habitat so it sounds like they at least think we might get more pandas some day.

[Anonymous]

Good riddance!

If the feeling that inspired the loan is gone, then they need to go too.

[Anonymous]

....do none of you have real life problems?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:....do none of you have real life problems?

where did anyone say they didn't have real life problems?
you can have a thousand problems and still connect with other humans over smaller things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:....do none of you have real life problems?

Lol, I had exactly the same thought.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That washingtonian instagram video with them being loaded onto the pandified fedex plane popped up in my feed and packed quite the emotional punch.

So mean of China to first let us adopt their pandas and then taking them back.

We never adopted the pandas.

Dp. The US born pandas grew accustomed to American treats care and environment. Cruel of China to take them back for a whole new environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That washingtonian instagram video with them being loaded onto the pandified fedex plane popped up in my feed and packed quite the emotional punch.

So mean of China to first let us adopt their pandas and then taking them back.

We never adopted the pandas.

Dp. The US born pandas grew accustomed to American treats care and environment. Cruel of China to take them back for a whole new environment.

Cruel of you to think they yours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That washingtonian instagram video with them being loaded onto the pandified fedex plane popped up in my feed and packed quite the emotional punch.

So mean of China to first let us adopt their pandas and then taking them back.

We never adopted the pandas.

Dp. The US born pandas grew accustomed to American treats care and environment. Cruel of China to take them back for a whole new environment.

Cruel of you to think they yours

Should have sent China some of our local city car jackers and kept the pandas.

[Anonymous]

Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That washingtonian instagram video with them being loaded onto the pandified fedex plane popped up in my feed and packed quite the emotional punch.

So mean of China to first let us adopt their pandas and then taking them back.

We never adopted the pandas.

Dp. The US born pandas grew accustomed to American treats care and environment. Cruel of China to take them back for a whole new environment.

So, you don’t think China can provide the adequate environment and diet to keep those pandas happy? China, the place where pandas originate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That washingtonian instagram video with them being loaded onto the pandified fedex plane popped up in my feed and packed quite the emotional punch.

So mean of China to first let us adopt their pandas and then taking them back.

We never adopted the pandas.

Dp. The US born pandas grew accustomed to American treats care and environment. Cruel of China to take them back for a whole new environment.

So, you don’t think China can provide the adequate environment and diet to keep those pandas happy? China, the place where pandas originate?

They did have to outsource breeding to the US, so let's see how that goes.

[Anonymous]

No. China can have their pandas back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good riddance.

hilarious take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That washingtonian instagram video with them being loaded onto the pandified fedex plane popped up in my feed and packed quite the emotional punch.

So mean of China to first let us adopt their pandas and then taking them back.

We never adopted the pandas.

Dp. The US born pandas grew accustomed to American treats care and environment. Cruel of China to take them back for a whole new environment.

What? They’ll be going to an environment with people who are even more experienced caring for pandas, and, even better: they’re going to a home with a LOT more pandas to interact with. If you’re going to argue that “a whole new environment “ is “cruel”, then perhaps the cruelty was having pandas shipped here from China in the first place.

It was great having the pandas here. I enjoyed watching them, and will check to see if there are other live panda cams out there that I can watch. I think the building of the panda quarters at the National Zoo was a catalyst for renovating the zoo as a whole, upping standards for the care of many animals in zoos, and a renewed public interest in endangered species. It was an act of diplomacy with many successes.

[Anonymous]

No.