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14 quake-hit pandas sent to safer areas
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Source: CCTV.com | 06-20-2008 16:29
Special Report: Post-quake reconstructionSpecial Report: Strong quake jolts SW China
China's main giant panda protection center in Wolong was severely damaged by the earthquake, and 14 pandas were sent to safer areas soon after the tremor.
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| 14 pandas were sent to safer areas soon after the tremor. |
On Wednesday, another group of giant pandas was sent to the Ya-an Giant Panda Base. Authorities say about 80 percent of the pandas' habitat was completely destroyed by the quake. One panda died in the quake at the Wolong Nature Reserve, and another is still missing.
Water in the area is polluted, and much of the bamboo pandas need to survive is buried under rocks. The Wolong Nature Reserve will continue to gradually send pandas out of the damaged areas.
Editor:Du Xiaodan
