Panda House Opens In The Dalian Forest Zoo
/ Post by Pandas International
A panda house accommodating three giant pandas opened last Saturday in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, becoming the region’s first center for panda breeding and exhibition. The house is located in the Dalian Forest Zoo of the city of Dalian, a zoo spokesman said.
The house’s three giant pandas include two females named Fei Yun and Cai Zhen, respectively, and a male named Jin Hu, the spokesman said. The pandas were brought to the house from the Bifengxia Panda Base at the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The Bifengxia Panda Base is the home of the live Panda Cams on Explore.org.
China has established 64 giant panda nature reserves, which have helped alleviate the dangerous conditions of the endangered species, said Zhang Xiwu, director of Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Management Division of State Forestry Administration (SFA).
A network system to help with protection of giant pandas has been set up, said Zhang, adding that 60 percent of habitats and more than 70 percent of the wild giant panda population are now under protection.
Giant pandas are among the world’s most endangered species. SFA statistics show that about 1,600 pandas currently live in the wild, mostly in the mountains of Sichuan, while more than 300 live in captivity.
source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-09/29/c_131881737_4.htm
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