Off the wire
New Zealand trade minister aiming to expand trade links in Asia  • Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange  • Former police chief prosecuted for graft  • 1st Ld: China to debut new homegrown armament in V-Day parade  • Foreign exchange rates in India  • Hong Kong stocks close 1.53 pct lower  • China opens cargo train service from northwest city to Germany  • Former Hainan vice governor faces criminal prosecution  • Feature: From Pole to Paris: cycling for climate change  • Sri Lankan investigators recommence corruption probe against former regime  
You are here:   Home

Man gets 62 thousands U.S.dollars for Panda bite

Xinhua, August 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

A villager in northwest China's Longnan City, Gansu Province has been compensated 400,000 yuan (about 62,500 U.S.dollars) after being bitten by a giant panda.

On March 1, 2014, Guan Quanzhi, 68, of Liziba village in Bikou Township, was bitten while watching and chasing a wild giant panda which appeared in the village, according to the Wen County court.

Guan suffered fractures of tibiofibula and artery ruptures on the right lower leg and ankle tibial after being attacked by the panda.

Relatives of Guan sued the county forestry bureau and Gansu Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve in February 2015, after negotiation of treatment failed.

It was the first case of a protected wild animal attacking a

human being heard by the court of the county.

An agreement of 400,000 yuan compensation was reached by both sides after the court's meditation.

The Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve stretches across both Longnan City's Wudu District and Wen County. It was one of China's three biggest giant panda nature reserves which are overseen by the country's State Forestry Bureau. Endit