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3 Pandas Missing in Quake

China flying food to more than 80 bears at reserve

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2008 9:25 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Three giant pandas are missing from the famed Wolong panda reserve that was hit by the magnitude 7.9 earthquake last week in China, AFP reports. Emergency supplies of bamboo—the panda's staple—and apples are being flown into the area to help save the endangered animals. More than 80 are safe—including two offered by Beijing to Taiwan as goodwill gifts.

Five reserve workers were killed when the earthquake struck. A US tourist in a group stranded at Wolong after the quake spotted one of the animals. "I was spinning around, trying to gain my footing, and as I looked up, I saw a panda trying to do the same thing," he said.

Three pandas at the Wolong panda reserve are missing following the devastating earthquake in China's Sichaun province.
Three pandas at the Wolong panda reserve are missing following the devastating earthquake in China's Sichaun province.   (AP Photo)
Tourists arrive by plane in Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan province. Foreign tourists stranded in the quake-hit panda reserve of Wolong have been safely evacuated.
Tourists arrive by plane in Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan province. Foreign tourists stranded in the quake-hit panda reserve of Wolong have been safely evacuated.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)
Three pandas at the Wolong panda reserve are missing following the devastating earthquake in China's Sichaun province.
Three pandas at the Wolong panda reserve are missing following the devastating earthquake in China's Sichaun province.   (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
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