Print This Page Email This Page
Lost Panda Discovered

A ginat panda which went missing from a major panda base in southwest China's Sichuan Province after the May 12 earthquake was spotted alive about 5:20 PM on Sunday by a group of road workers.

The panda, named Xixi, was found playing at the other side of a river near the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong by the workers from the Chongqing municipality, according to Zhu Xiaotao, one of the workers repairing the road damaged in the quake.

The workers informed staff of the panda center, and together they tried to use a crane to get across the water to capture the animal. However, the arm of crane could only reach the center of the waterway, Zhu said.

Panda carers said Xixi is safe and they will continue to search for it today. Another panda is still missing.

(Xinhua News Agency May 26, 2008)


Related Stories

Print This Page Email This Page
China Earthquake Death Toll Reaches 62,664
China Strengthens Epidemic Prevention in Quake-hit Areas
Rescuers Hiking to Quake Lake as Flood Alarm Grows
China to Build 1.5 Mln Make-shift Houses for Quake-affected People
Wen: Quake Relief Shifting to Resettlement, Reconstruction
No Foreigners Dead in Quake


Product Directory
China Search
Country Search
Hot Buys