纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英San Diego Zoo Could Be First in US to Get Pandas From China Again
February 23, 2024 2 min 299 words
这则报道着实令人振奋，如果圣迭戈动物园成功引入中国大熊猫，将成为美国首个再次获得这一国宝级物种的动物园。这不仅是两国动物保护合作的积极体现，也是对中美友好关系的生动注解。大熊猫不仅是可爱的动物代表，更是生态平衡的重要组成部分。然而，这一计划也需慎重对待，涉及到大熊猫的饲养和保育工作，需确保在新环境中它们能够得到最佳的生活条件。这一引入可能成为两国在环保领域的合作新亮点，同时也提醒我们应更广泛关注全球野生动植物的保护，以共同构建人与自然的和谐共生。
Giant pandas from China could be arriving in the United States again soon, as Beijing is planning to continue its panda diplomacy with Western countries, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The China Wildlife Conservation Association reached agreements with the San Diego Zoo in California and the Madrid Zoo in Spain “on a new round of international giant panda conservation cooperation,” according to the statement.
The agreement would keep alive a more than five-decade old tradition of China lending pandas to American zoos in a gesture of friendly diplomacy between the two countries. The return of several pandas to China from the United States over the last several years had raised questions about whether the practice was ending.
China is also negotiating with the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, according to the embassy’s statement.
“It’s always been our intention and hope to have giant pandas at the Zoo in the future and continue our research here and conservation work in China,” Dr. Brandie Smith, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, said in a statement. She added that the National Zoo was in discussion with the China Wildlife Conservation Association “to develop a future giant panda program.”
Dr. Megan Owen, the vice president of conservation science at the San Diego Zoo, said in a statement that the zoo was “taking important steps to ensure we are prepared for a potential return.”