This is the day no one in Washington wanted. The three beloved pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo departed for China at the end of a lease with that nation. The animals will travel in the cargo hold of a FedEx plane for some 19 hours, with lots of bamboo, treats and water. The FedEx Boeing 777 freighter will land in Chengdu, in Sichuan Province in China, where the pandas will then be taken to a preserve. Read more: https://wapo.st/463imVP. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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