US zoo pandas get $4.5 million gift

This image from video September 13, 2015 courtesy of the Smithsonian

WASHINGTON: An American benefactor has donated $4.5 million for the giant panda conservation program at the US National Zoo, where twin cubs were born last month.

David Rubenstein, a co-chief executive of the Carlyle Group asset management firm, pledged to fund the Washington-based program through 2020.