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Pandas

Message started by morgen

May 26th, 2008, 4:58

We are concerning people in Sichuan, but we also concerning Giant Pandas there.  Please let's pray for both of them. By the way, is there any news on the pandas?

reviews laubh
May 26th, 2008, 8:51

hi morgen

gd to hear tat there's finally someone who is concerned abt the pandas. i'm pretty worried for the 2 pandas as well. these gd natured animals may be traumatised and need attn soon, otherwise they may starve!

i heard tat pandas in wolong are tagged, was just wondering why the device didnt help this time...

i hope sichuan will recover soon... and the 2 pandas better go back to wolong nature reserve soon

May 27th, 2008, 4:52

Laubh,
Thank you so much for concerning that. I got good news for you.
CHENGDU - A giant panda which went missing from a major panda base in southwest China's Sichuan Province after the May 12 earthquake was captured at 11:20 a.m. on Monday.
The panda, named Xi Xi, was found in the woods about 200 meters downstream of a river near China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong. It was then anesthetized and caged back to the center, staff with the center said on Monday.
The protected animal was spotted alive on Sunday by a river from the Wolong center, but it disappeared in the woods before the center staff crossed the river.
A total of six pandas in the Wolong center disappeared after the quake, but four later returned. Another was still missing.
Pandas at the Wolong nature reserve are facing food shortage when the quake, continuous aftershocks and subsequent landslides damaged mountain roads.
Eight pandas were airlifted to a zoo in Beijing on Saturday, and another six have been taken to the Ya'an base which was less affected by the earthquake.

 

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