The San Francisco Zoo's plan to bring giant pandas faces a $25 million funding gap for renovations and care, a major donor pulled out, and uncertainty over whether the incoming mayor will support it. The Trump administration's unpredictable stance on China could also kill the deal.
Plans to bring giant pandas to the San Francisco Zoo might fail due to financing difficulties and the current political climate. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, which interviewed the CEO of the nonprofit that runs the zoo, plans to bring giant pandas to the zoo that Mayor Breed announced last year were always tentative and are going to need the support of the new mayor. And not only is that support uncertain, but the pandas are gonna be rented from China, and incoming President Trump's relationship with China is also a bit uncertain. Plus, one of the zoo's donors doesn't wanna participate in the nearly $25 million of financing that's gonna be required to renovate the zoo and care for the pandas appropriately. Plans to bring giant pandas to the zoo have been in the works for years, but because we have a new mayor, because we have a new president, all bets are off. Really uncertain whether these plans actually come to fruition. Let me know what you think in the comments and follow me for more San Francisco news. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
