Pandas train to go wild
Source: Xinhua |
May 21, 2010, Friday
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CHINA is to start building a center at the end of the month to train giant pandas born in captivity to live in the wild.
The center will be in Dujiangyan City, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, home province of giant pandas, said Zhang Zhihe, head of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and founder of the center.
Costing 60 million yuan (US$8.79 million), the center will accommodate the first batch of three to five giant pandas after its completion in three to five years, Zhang said.
In an experimental zone, the pandas will be trained to reduce their dependency on humans. But they will still live in cages.
After several years, the pandas that perform well will be introduced into a "half-natural" zone where they will live in tree holes or caves and forage for food. But they will still receive frequent checkups and participate in artificial breeding.
Then, one or two of them will spend the next few years in a nearly "natural" zone with little human contact. After that they will be released into the nearby giant panda natural reserve.
The center will be in Dujiangyan City, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, home province of giant pandas, said Zhang Zhihe, head of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and founder of the center.
Costing 60 million yuan (US$8.79 million), the center will accommodate the first batch of three to five giant pandas after its completion in three to five years, Zhang said.
In an experimental zone, the pandas will be trained to reduce their dependency on humans. But they will still live in cages.
After several years, the pandas that perform well will be introduced into a "half-natural" zone where they will live in tree holes or caves and forage for food. But they will still receive frequent checkups and participate in artificial breeding.
Then, one or two of them will spend the next few years in a nearly "natural" zone with little human contact. After that they will be released into the nearby giant panda natural reserve.
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