‘Really, really cute’: Families flock to Zoo Atlanta to see new pandas – WSB-TV

‘Really, really cute’: Families flock to Zoo Atlanta to see new pandas  WSB-TV

Families visited Zoo Atlanta to see its newest residents, giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, during their Friday debut. ATLANTA — Families flocked to Zoo Atlanta on Friday to get their first look at its newest, and arguably cutest, residents: two giant pandas from China. Ping Ping, the male, and Fu Shuang, the female, made their much-anticipated public debut, and they did not disappoint. “They were really, really cute,” said 10-year-old Zuri Brown, who was visiting with her mom and classmates on a field trip. “And I just wanted to like squeeze them because they were so fluffy.” The 6-year-old pandas were raised at a panda breeding research center in China and arrived in Atlanta on Sept.

27 after a 16-hour flight. They underwent a mandatory quarantine and were given time to adjust to their new Georgia home before the public could see them. Since the 1970s, China has loaned pandas to zoos around the world as part of its “panda diplomacy,” a show of goodwill to other nations. Zoo officials announced in April that the pair would be coming to Atlanta. It had been two years since giant pandas called Zoo Atlanta home. In 2024, the zoo’s last panda family returned to China after a 25-year stay. Josh and Macie Crawford stood in line with their two toddlers