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  • June 2008

    • Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 6, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Quake Pandas Delight Beijing

      (Newser) - Eight giant pandas shaken by last month's earthquake made their first appearance at the Beijing Zoo yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Huge crowds visited the pandas, who seemed none the worse for wear from the move, planned before the quake to coincide with the Olympics. The zoo expects daily crowds of 100,000 this weekend, five times normal. More »

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      earthquake  • animal  • Beijing  • China earthquake  • zoo  • panda  • quake  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center

    • Quake-Rattled Pandas Get Hugs, Bamboo

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 3, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      Quake-Rattled Pandas Get Hugs, Bamboo

      (Newser) - Zookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but warns it will take up to 20 years for the center to fully recover. More »

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      endangered species  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • panda  • zookeeper  • giant pandas  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center  • pandas

  • May 2008

    • Six Pandas Moved From Rattled Reserve

      AFP  |  May 23, 08 11:36 AM CDT

      Six Pandas Moved From Rattled Reserve

      (Newser) - Six hungry pandas have been transferred to a new reserve in southwest China in the wake of the region's massive earthquake, AFP reports. Their shelters damaged and food scarce, the giant pandas were moved from the renowned Wolong breeding center; eight others will be sent to Beijing tomorrow ahead of their display at the Olympics. No pandas were killed in the quake, but five staffers at the Wolong center died. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • endangered species  • giant pandas  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center

    • 3 Pandas Missing in Quake

      AFP  |  May 19, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      3 Pandas Missing in Quake

      (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. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • Taiwan  • giant pandas  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center

    • Quake Carnage Spares Pandas

      CNN  |  May 13, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Quake Carnage Spares Pandas

      (Newser) - The residents of the panda preserves deep in the earthquake-ravaged area of China are OK, state media reported today. Keepers of the 86 bears at the Wolong facility, in Sichuan province, and the 60-plus animals at the nearby Chengdu center now must worry about infrastructure damage interrupting the pandas' food supply, CNN reports; the endangered bears eat mostly bamboo. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • panda  • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center  • Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center

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