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Panda reserve at heart of earthquake epicenter

cbs47.tv
May 13, 2008
        
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CHENGDU, China (AP) - Officials in China are struggling to make contact with the world's most famous panda preserve, a day after the country's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area. The Wolong National Nature Reserve and panda breeding center is home to 100 or... [read full story]                    

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U.S. Tourists Visiting Panda Reserve Reported Safe

 redorbit.com May 15, 2008
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Pandas' Fate Unknown After China Quake

 nationalgeographic.com May 13, 2008
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U.S. Tourists Visiting Panda Reserve Reported Safe

redorbit.com
May 15, 2008
        

Posted on: Thursday, 15 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Wendy Koch Twelve U.S. tourists who were visiting a panda-breeding reserve in China on Monday survived the country's magnitude-7.9 earthquake unhurt. "We were able to make contact with them" early Wednesday by satellite phone, said Kerry Zobor,...

Pandas Sensed China Quake Coming?

nationalgeographic.com
May 15, 2008
        

Christine Dell'Amore National Geographic News In the minutes before a massive earthquake shook central China on Monday, captive pandas near the epicenter began acting strangely, according to an eyewitness account released today. The observation, made by a British tourist who had been watching the...

12 Americans found safe near panda preserve in China earthquake zone

iht.com
May 14, 2008
        

Twelve American tourists were found safe Wednesday near the epicenter of China's deadly earthquake, officials said. The Americans, part of a World Wildlife Fund-sponsored tour of China, were contacted via satellite phone in a region where communications remain almost completely cut off after...

Giant pandas in breeding centers safe

politicalgateway.com
May 14, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 14 (UPI) -- The earthquake in China's southwest Sichuan province, which killed more than 12,000 people, appears to have spared the breeding centers for the giant pandas. All 86 pandas at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center had been transported to a safer place after...

Giant pandas in breeding centers safe

upi.com
May 14, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 14 (UPI) -- The earthquake in China's southwest Sichuan province, which killed more than 12,000 people, appears to have spared the breeding centers for the giant pandas. All 86 pandas at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center had been transported to a safer place after...

                   

China's panda preserves are reported safe

telegram.com
May 14, 2008
        

Jia Jia, one of two giant pandas given to Hong Kong as a gift from mainland China, munches on bamboo leaves. CHENGDU, China— All the pandas at the world’s most famous panda preserve were reported safe late yesterday, more than a day after China’s worst earthquake in three decades closed off the...

CHINA PANDA SAFE

nypost.com
May 14, 2008
        

CHENGDU, China - All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe yesterday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three dec ades closed off the remote, mountainous area. The Wolong National Nature Reserve and...

                   

Reactor damage not fully known

nwsource.com
May 14, 2008
        

PARIS — France's nuclear-protection watchdog said Tuesday that it did not know yet whether there had been any damage to Chinese nuclear facilities near the region hit by the devastating earthquake in western China. Without specifying precise numbers, the Institute for Radiological Protection and...

                   

Panda preserves reportedly safe

ljworld.com
May 14, 2008
        

Chengdu, China — All the pandas at the world’s most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China’s worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area. The Wolong National Nature Reserve and panda breeding center is the only place in the...

Panda pair to Taiwan safe after quake

xinhuanet.com
May 14, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The two giant pandas expected to be sent to Taiwan are "safe and sound" in their quake-hit breeding center, according to the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday. Yang Yi, a spokesman with the office, made the announcement at a press conference here....

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