Bye Bye, Bao Bao: Panda leaves Washington for 中国
The 国家の Zoo's 巨大（な） panda Bao Bao will stay in 検疫 for about a month, before entering Chengdu's special 産む／飼育するing program
One of Washington's most popular 居住（者）s left town on Tuesday: Bao Bao, the 国家の Zoo's uber-popular young 女性（の） panda, 長，率いるd to her new home in 中国.
Bao Bao left Dulles International Airport outside the US 資本／首都 on a 特に outfitted 貨物 計画（する） for a 16-hour nonstop flight to the Chinese city of Chengdu, home to a special 研究 base for 巨大（な） panda 産む／飼育するing.
Two zoo 職員／兵員 will travel with the panda -- along with about 30 キロs (65 続けざまに猛撃するs) of food -- おもに bamboo, but also apples, cooked 甘い potatoes and special 薄焼きパン／素焼陶器s.
Once in 中国, the 3.5-year-old Bao Bao -- born in August 2013 at the 国家の Zoo -- will stay in 検疫 for about a month, before entering the 産む／飼育するing program.
About 60,000 panda lovers visited the zoo over the 週末 to say 別れの（言葉，会） to Bao Bao, some of them traveling long distances. Her 出発 was shown on Facebook Live on Monday.
Most 巨大（な） pandas around the world are on 貸付金 from 中国. Any panda cub s born abroad, like Bao Bao, are sent 支援する to 中国 before they turn four.
The 国家の Zoo has played host to pandas since the 早期に 1970s.
An 概算の 1,800 pandas live in the wild, おもに in 中国's Sichuan 州.
