Where did the $10 million come from to bring the pandas to the Zoo?
Fujifilm’s incredible donation of $7.8 million has gone toward acquiring the pandas, funding our education programs, and building the Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat. We have also received funds from Discovery Communication’s Animal Planet and private donors. No federal funds were used to acquire Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. The money will be used to support giant panda conservation projects, such as protecting forests in China and assisting poorly-funded giant panda reserves in China. Here at the Zoo, we’ll be funding research, education, and the construction of a new giant panda habitat. Learn more about the Zoo’s giant panda research. What is Friends of the National Zoo’s role? Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) is a nonprofit organization that helps the Smithsonian National Zoo fulfill its mission to study and save wildlife and educate the public about conservation. FONZ started the Giant Panda Conservation Fund in 1998 to help raise money to bring pandas to the Zoo, to create a new, stat
Fujifilm’s incredible donation of $7.8 million has gone toward acquiring the pandas, funding our education programs, and building the Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat. We have also received funds from Discovery Communication’s Animal Planet and private donors. No federal funds were used to acquire Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. The money will be used to support giant panda conservation projects, such as protecting forests in China and assisting poorly-funded giant panda reserves in China. Here at the Zoo, we’ll be funding research, education, and the construction of a new giant panda habitat. Learn more about the Zoo’s giant panda research. What is Friends of the National Zoo’s role? Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) is a nonprofit organization that helps the Smithsonian National Zoo fulfill its mission to study and save wildlife and educate the public about conservation. FONZ started the Giant Panda Conservation Fund in 1998 to help raise money to bring pandas to the Zoo, to create a new, stat
