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The first post-earthquake panda birth took place Sunday when twelve-year-old Guo Guo gave birth to twins at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base outside Chengdu. Guo Guo was one of 63 pandas moved from the Wolong Nature Reserve to other facilities after the... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Mon, Jul 07 2008

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22 Jun 08		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
07 Jul 08		Guo Guo survived quake, now gives birth to twins » People's Daily The May 12 earthquake forced Guo Guo to leave the Wolong nature reserve but it could not stop her from giving birth to twins in Chengdu. Yesterday, she became the first giant panda to give birth anywhere in the world this year. The el ...
06 Jul 08		First panda birth this year in China's quake zone » People's Daily Giant panda Guo Guo, an evacuee from the southwest China earthquake, gave birth to twins on Sunday, becoming the first panda to bear cubs since the disaster in Sichuan Province on May 12. She is also the first panda to give birth ar ...
01 Sep 08		Panda gives birth to cub » People's Daily The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Sichuan province announced that 11-year-old panda Lun Lun gave birth to a cub in Zoo Atlanta in the United States at 10:11 am Beijing time yesterday. It was her second birth since the base and the US...
08 Nov 07		25 panda cubs born in China this year » Shanghai Daily TWENTY-FIVE panda cubs have survived birth in captivity in China this year, State Forestry Administration spokesman Cao Qingyao said today. Giant pandas gave birth to 31 cubs this year and 25 survived, including 16 born in the Wolong Giant Panda Nature...
10 Aug 08		Mascots lend names to China's newest pandas » Shanghai Daily A NINE-YEAR-OLD giant panda gave birth to two cubs yesterday morning at a breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Qi Zhen, or Magic Treasure, delivered the twins at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research...

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