Tuesday May 13, 2008
Sixty pandas safe after China quake
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some 60 giant pandas at a Chengdu research centre near the worst hit part of the massive China earthquake are safe, Xinhua reported on Tuesday.
But there was no word yet on the fate of pandas at another research centre at Wolong, near the epicentre of Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake.
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A panda sticks out its tongue for a piece of apple at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province in this April 17, 2008 file photo. (REUTERS/Alfred Cheng Jin) |
At least 10,000 people died and the toll is likely to soar following the quake in Sichuan province.
The giant panda is one of the world's most endangered species and is found only in China. It has become an international wildlife symbol and an icon for the Olympic games to be held in Beijing in August.
An estimated 1,600 pandas live in nature reserves in Sichuan province and neighbouring Gansu and Shanxi.
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