Giant Pandas

Dawn.com Published October 31, 2012
Two giant pandas having their meal in their new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. In captivity they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.
Two giant pandas having their meal in their new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. In captivity they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.
A giant panda being carried by a keeper in its new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
A giant panda being carried by a keeper in its new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
Two giant pandas having their meal in their new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province. The first 18 giant pandas returned to their new home in the newly reconstructed China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center Base after it was damaged in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Two giant pandas having their meal in their new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province. The first 18 giant pandas returned to their new home in the newly reconstructed China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center Base after it was damaged in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
A giant panda climbing a tree in its new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. Panda's are easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.
A giant panda climbing a tree in its new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. Panda's are easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.
Two giant pandas being fed by their handlers in their new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. Pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion.
Two giant pandas being fed by their handlers in their new home in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Wolong. Pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion.

The first 18 giant pandas returned to their new home in the newly reconstructed China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center Base after it was damaged in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Some reports also show that the number of pandas in the wild is on the rise. However, the International Union for Conservation of Nature does not believe there is enough certainty yet to reclassify the species from Endangered to Vulnerable. – Photos by AFP

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Gaurav
Oct 31, 2012 07:01pm
Loved these pics
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zain
Nov 01, 2012 05:59pm
i love them so much
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zain
Nov 01, 2012 05:58pm
there cute
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