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600:, though the captive giant pandas were initially reported to be safe. Immediately after the quake, officials were unable to contact the reserve. Five security guards at the reserve were killed by the earthquake. Six pandas escaped after their enclosures were damaged. By May 20, two pandas at the reserve were found to be injured, while the search continued for another two adult pandas that went missing after the quake. On May 28, 2008, nine-year-old Mao Mao (mother of five) was still missing, On Monday, June 9, she was found dead as a result of being crushed by a wall in her enclosure. 414: 1535: 57: 41: 1525: 64: 589: 456:'s satellite images and records of population, Liu's research team concluded that due to tourism and the increase in local population, the reserve is facing an unprecedented threat. "Tourists don't think they have an impact on panda habitat, but indirectly each visitor has some impact," Liu said. "We don't see ourselves as a destructive force, but we are." 400:
and the "China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda" (CCRCGP) was established to ensure a future for the giant pandas. The aim was to increase the number of pandas in captive-breeding programs, however with the ultimate goal to return a larger number of pandas to their original,
480:. The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda engages in global cooperations with 16 zoos in 14 countries, providing the world's largest platform for the scientific research regarding the giant pandas. By 2019 a total of 19 other pandas have been returned to China. 564:. Because the reserve comprises different altitudes, it includes tropical and temperate climate zones and harbors species typically for the tropics, like sambar deer as well as species from temperate regions, like 580:. In 2018, a leopard was photographed by a camera trap at an elevation of 4,080 m (13,390 ft). The same camera, installed in 2017, also captured images of snow leopards seven times. 342:
Established in 1963 with an initial size of about 20,000 ha (49,000 acres), the reserve was further expanded in 1975, covering an area of about 200,000 ha (490,000 acres) in the
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Liu, Jianuo, Marc Linderman, Zhiyun Ouyang, Li An, Jian Yang, and Hemin Zhang. "Ecological Degradation in Protected Areas: The Case of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas."
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A mountain stream runs through the Wolong Valley (where the reserve is); the stream is heavily armoured with boulders and smaller rounded stones. Stream waters are rather
468:, who was the first female panda born at the Nature Reserve in 1991, was the first panda to be loaned to a zoo outside of China. From 1996 until 2019 she lived at the 56: 405:. In 2016, the IUCN reclassified the giant panda from being "endangered" to the new classification "vulnerable", affirming decade-long efforts to save the panda. 1506: 621: 1573: 751: 106: 1146: 607:, which is also managed by the China Panda Protection and Research Center. Starting in 2012, they were relocated to the new Shenshuping Panda Center. 476:, where she gave birth to six cubs. When the conservation loan ended, 27 year old Bai Yun was returned to China together with her last-born old son, 1578: 1558: 1261: 1234: 346:
region. It hosts over 4,000 species. According to China's Third National Giant Panda Survey, Wolong National Nature Reserve houses about 150 wild
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natural habitats. When the cooperation started giant pandas were still listed as an endangered species by the
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Johnson, Kenneth G.; Wei, Wang; Reid, Donald G.; Jinchu, Hu (August 1993). "Food Habits of Asiatic Leopards (
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The region, including the Panda Research Center, was largely devastated by the catastrophic May 12,
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Liu, Wei; Vogt, Christine A.; Luo, Junyan; He, Guangming; Frank, Kenneth A.; Liu, Jianguo (2012).
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The giant panda is the most famous species of the reserve. Other typical larger Carnivora are the
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Pandas from Wolong have been loaned to zoos all over the world to ensure breeding success.
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In June 1980, the Chinese government started its cooperation with the
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Many giant panda houses were broken in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
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Panda cub at the panda breeding centre of Wolong Nature Reserve
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Environmental analysis of the Wolong National Nature Reserve
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Nature's Strongholds. The World's Great Wildlife Reserves
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Endangered Pandas Not Safe in Chinese Nature Reserve
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Wolong (disambiguation)

Map showing the location of Wolong National Nature Reserve
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Qionglai Mountains
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