Maria France Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:57:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Maria France Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Giant Pandas Arrive In Toronto https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/03/26/giant-pandas-arrive-in-toronto/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:57:54 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=9795 Two giant pandas arrived in Toronto on March 25 to begin a 10-year visit to Canada.

The pandas will spend five years at the Toronto Zoo, and then move to the Calgary Zoo for another five years. They are on loan to Canada from the Chinese government.

The pandas travelled by plane from their native China, along with several kilograms of bamboo shoots, boxes of apples and their favourite toys. The trip took 15 hours.

The pandas were greeted at the airport by a large crowd, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Zhang Junsai, the Chinese ambassador to Canada. A high school band played “O Canada” as the pandas’ crates were unloaded.

The post Giant Pandas Arrive In Toronto appeared first on Teaching Kids News.

]]>