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...those consisting of a hundred or fewer individuals, hence that number of heartbeats away from total extinction. The club's more familiar members include the Javan rhinoceros, Philippine eagle, Hawaiian crow, Spix's macaw and Chinese river dolphin. Other endangered species lined up for early admission are the giant panda, Sumatran rhinoceros and mountain gorilla...
EUTHANIZED. HSING-HSING, 28, giant panda given by China to the National Zoo to commemorate Nixon's 1972 visit; owing to kidney disease; in Washington. Hsing-Hsing, whose name means "shining star," will be preserved and displayed at the Smithsonian...
Item one: The death of Hsing-Hsing, the last remaining giant panda at the National Zoo in Washington...
Seeing the pandas at the National Zoo is one of my first memories of our nation's capital. I still have a memento of my first visit to the zoo--a tiny stuffed panda that hangs on the doorknob of my bedroom...
...lived a long, fruitful, panda life--in a cage," my editor said...