Pandas on a Plane: UK Gets First Pandas in Nearly 20 Years

    For the first time in nearly two decades, the UK is home to pandas.  The pair arrived via a large air-mail delivery on specially chartered flight from China.

    FOX News Radio’s Chris Foster reports:

    Sunshine and Sweetie, arriving in Edinburgh, Scotland to hopefully breed and live at the zoo for 10 years.

    (Sturgeon) “They’re incredibly cute, they’re fantastic.  And I think, you know, the conservation issues are really important, as well.  And for Scotland to be playing a part in the conservation of this great species is really exciting.”

    …Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

    (Sturgeon) “It’s a great accolade for Scotland, for Edinburgh Zoo, and a sign of the strength in the relationship between Scotland and China.”

    White rhinos and penguins were on the flight from China, too.

    Chris Foster, FOX News Radio.

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