2 captive-bred giant pandas to be released into wild
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CHINA will release two captive-bred giant pandas into the wild this month in the first instance worldwide of the endangered species being set free in summer.
The two pandas, Hua Yan and Zhang Meng, are female. Hua Yan was born on August 14, 2013 in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, while Zhang Meng was born on July 7, 2014 in Ya’an, also in Sichuan. They have been living with their mothers in a center preparing them for the wild and they are in good health, according to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
Over the past two years, they have learned to search for food, find water sources, and avoid danger such as predators, said Huang Yan, an expert at the center.
The pandas will be set free at the Liziping Nature Reserve in Sichuan, where their activities will be monitored after the release. This is part of a wider program to introduce more captive-bred pandas into the wild to diversify the gene pool, said Huang.
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