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None of their five cubs survived. That's partly why Tai Shan, the first cub to grow up in the U.S. capital, is so adored...
China lent Tai Shan's and Mei Lan's parents to U.S. zoos for conservation and breeding. The young pandas will become part of a breeding program in their endangered species' native land. About 1,600 giant pandas live in the wild, and another 290 are in captive-breeding programs worldwide, mainly in China...
...year-old Mei Lan from Zoo Atlanta whirled and paced in her crate during the send-off, which was covered live on U.S. television. Tai Shan, a 4 1/2-year-old born in Washington, shyly ate a last-minute snack of apples and pears from the hands of his longtime keepers...
...Shan's departure gave diplomats a rare moment of harmony...
...Feng, minister of the Chinese Embassy, said Tai Shan "has grown up with the blessing, love and care of the American people...