Pandas safe at famous park after China quake: report
AFP, May, 2008
BEIJING (AFP) — More than 80 giant pandas at China's most famous panda park, the Wolong centre, were safe and well following a huge earthquake that struck the area, state press said Tuesday.
A total of 86 giant pandas at the centre did not sustain injuries following a 7.9-magnitude quake that hit the southwest province of Sichuan, where the centre is located, Xinhua news agency said.
Previous media reports had put the number of pandas in the centre at 130, suggesting some of the ...