WASHINGTON (May 30, 2024)—Giant Pandas are expected to return to the DC zoo later this year. The Washington Post reported that The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Wednesday that two new giant pandas—Bao Li, 2, male, and Qing Bao, 2, female will be arriving from China later this year.
For more context on the matter, please consider Katherine Hessler, Assistant Dean for Animal Law at the George Washington University Law School. Dean Hessler has been a clinical law professor for 30 years, 22 of which has been teaching animal law. Hessler is the inaugural dean of animal law at the George Washington University Law School, and has helped to develop and found Animal Law Studies and curriculum at a variety of schools and centers. In addition, Dean Hessler was the chair of the Animal Law Section and the Balance in Legal Education Sections of the American Association of Law Schools.
If you wish to speak with Dean Katherine Hessler, please contact Media Relations Specialist Shannon Mitchell at shannon [dot] mitchell
gwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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