Don Lindburg
Don Lindburg
somewhat turning
It really is turning out to be somewhat of a hardship.
comparable enormity middle night people response
People will get up in the middle of the night to see the pandas. I don't think there is a comparable animal. There isn't the enormity of response that you find with pandas.
middle night people
People will get up in the middle of the night to see the pandas.
hearing
I'm not hearing anything like that, and I would be very, very surprised.
arrival birth country history left second
Between the arrival of the first Su Lin in our country in 1936 and the birth of the second one in 2005, history has not been kind to pandas, with only about 1,600 individuals left in the world today.
ask four keeping price serious ways zoos
There have been serious discussions by representatives of the four zoos to ask if there are ways that the price of keeping pandas can be negotiated downward.
christmas hope
We have the hope that it will be before Christmas.
current realize viable
We've come to realize that the current arrangement may not be financially viable over the long term.