{"id":4940,"date":"2017-04-13T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T17:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2017-04-13T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:04:26","slug":"dutch-pandas-and-klm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-pandas-and-klm\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Pandas and KLM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night was a memorable night for KLM and the Dutch as a whole. Two pandas arrived on an inbound flight from China and will be at the Ouwehands Dierenpark<\/em> in Rhenen.<\/p>\n

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Photograph taken by George Lu found on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Wu Wen and Xing Ya will be staying in the Netherlands for the next 15 years after a 16-year campaign on behalf of the zoo! Everyone’s fingers are crossed that these two pandas will fancy each other so that they can (maybe) have a cub! Although the chances are very small given the difficulty\u00a0pandas have in mating, many of us have high hopes!<\/p>\n

So how did the pandas get here? The zoo’s website<\/a> says this:<\/p>\n

Tijdens een staatsbezoek\u00a0van Koning Willem-Alexander ( zijn vrouw was ook mee) en premier Mark Rutte (zijn vrouw was niet mee) kon de deal eindelijk worden beklonken. Minister Koenders\u00a0die ook mee mocht in de kofferbak zei toen nog dat het ons\u00a0land geen geld zou kosten. Misschien ons land\u00a0niet, Ouwehands dierenpark Rhenen, wel.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I followed the KLM Facebook live transmission and there were mixed feelings about the arrival of the pandas and all the attention they were getting. It is true that the zoo has spent millions on the facilities and traveling for the pandas, and when the pandas arrived, there\u00a0was a lot of “press time” for the guests.<\/p>\n

For Dutch practice, you can watch the NOS live feed of the event!<\/p>\n