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Pandas relocated after China quake to return in 2012

Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive ... ...full story at USA Today

from USA Today on Sun, Sep 20 2009

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22 Jun 08 visit Baby pandas at Wolong Nature Reserve  »  YouTube videoThe Wolong Nature Reserve is one of the most important breeding facilities for giant pandas in China. The reserve was extensively damaged during the 2008 earthquake. www.iloveparks.com
20 Sep 09 visit Pandas relocated during Sichuan quake to return home by 2012: official  »  People's Daily A total of 60 giant pandas relocated from the Wolong base in southwest China's Sichuan Province after the 8.0-magnitude earthquake last year are expected to return their home in 2012, local authorities said. The China Giant Panda Protection and...
10 Jun 08 visit Landslide fears: Pandas to be moved  »  Shanghai Daily THE panda conservation and research center in Wolong, China's most famous reserve for the endangered animals, will be relocated due to damage and the danger of landslides caused by the May 12 earthquake, officials...
29 May 08 visit Pandas missing in disaster's wake  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 100 giant pandas have been missing at a nature reserve in Gansu Province since the 8.0-magnitude quake struck Sichuan Province, a newspaper reported. All 102 pandas at Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve...
29 May 08 visit 102 pandas missing at reserve in Gansu  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 100 giant pandas have been missing at a nature reserve in Gansu Province since an 8.0-magnitude quake struck Sichuan Province on May 12, a newspaper reported. All 102 pandas at Baishuijiang National Nature...
08 Feb 07 visit Wolong 'to give' pandas for HK  »  People's Daily The pair of giant pandas to be gifted to Hong Kong on the 10th anniversary of its return to the motherland is likely to come from the Wolong Nature Reserve, the largest panda research center in the world.

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