Wolong Panda Migration to Bifengxia After Earth Quake
Wolong pandas migrated, be moved, be sent to Bifengxia Base, 6 pandas on 23May, 13 pandas on 18June 2008, and some will be sent to Chengdu Panda Base. And in the future, more pandas will be transfered to Bifengxia Panda Base.
Bifengxia now with 20 panda Enclosures, and will build 30 panda enclosures for more pandas coming, then total about 50 panda enclosures.
Wenchuan Earthquake (8.0 Magnitude Earthquak) took place at 14:28, 12May 2008, in Wenchuan, Sichuan Provinc, P.R.China. Almost all western area roads in Sichuan were blocked.
The death from the devastating earthquake more than 69,170, injured people more than 374,000, and more than 17,000 people were missing.
This quake disaters caused almost all Wolong captive pandas houses destroyed, and pandas' facilities in Wolong Heitaoping area will be Rebuilt in Genda township (estimated in Huangcaoping area) during June 2008 and May 2010, that is, Huangcaoping will be instead of Heitaoping.
Then almost all Wolong pandas and Wolong work staff will migrated to Bifengxia for training and working. And Bifengxia now accommodate about 41 pandas, and in the future will be 90 captive pandas.
In the earthquake disater, 6 captive pandas ever escaped from the Wolong Panda Enclosure (house), 4 of them re-captured(3 captured before 14May, one captured on 26May), one (Maomao) of them died in the Enclosure, two of them injured in the quake.
About 8 Olympic Pandas has been to Beijing on 24May by plane from Wolong, and now you can watch these Olympic Pandas in Panda house in Beijing Zoo.
And around 25June 2008 another 3 captive pandas will be transfered to Yunnan Wildlife Park for medical treatment and recovering from 25June 2008 to 24June 2010. The 3 pandas are: Sijia, born 12Aug 2006; Meixi, born 10Aug 2006; Yuyu, born 11Sep 2006.
Wolong pandas migrated to Bifengxia Base, 6 pandas on 23May, 13 pandas on 18June 2008. And in the future, more pandas will be transfered to Bifengxia Panda Base.
About the wild panda, almost about 1590 wild pandas in China, and no dead body reported in one month after earthquake took place.
This earthquake affected panda nature reserves: total about 19 panda nature reserves were much destroyed. Pandas' enclosure (panda house) + wildlife house were destroyed about 38000 square meters, forests destroyed 328,667 hectares, Sichuan forests covering rate adjusted down by 0.5%, and disatered area by 1.87%. Panda habitat destroyed 120,000 hectares. And it needs about 20-30 years for the nature reserve (forests and plants) to be recovered to the same level before earthquake took.
In coming years' winters, the wild panda's food maybe shortened due to earthquake affects.
To meet the needs from both pandas and volunteering tourists, Bifengxia will rebuild another 30 panda Enclosures for captive pandas raising, as well as for the tourists voluntary work in Bifengxia.
Bifengxia locates at mountain area, is similar as mountain park, about 150KM to Chengdu.
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