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Travel Log: Foster Moms at Bifengxia

The New Breeding Center is an area of the Panda Base set apart from the other areas with the primary purpose of breeding pandas and rearing cubs.  Breeding at BFX is strategically planned to ensure that the gene pool of the giant panda remains diversified and strong.  There are a number of pandas at the breeding center currently, five of which are rearing cubs.  While Na Na and Ge Ge (above with cub) were happily caring for their cubs (each gave birth to a single cub this year), we would soon find out that something more was happening with the other three moms…

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