China: Foreign-born pandas join country's efforts to boost wild population
Sent pandas are loaned to foreign zoos as part of Beijing's “panda diplomacy,” and the cubs return to China within a few years of birth to join breeding programs at conservation centers in southwest china.
Officials are working on linking habitats to allow for pandas to mingle and breed, with more than 40 nature reserves now grouped together to form the giant panda national park.
Officials are working on linking habitats to allow for pandas to mingle and breed, with more than 40 nature reserves now grouped together to form the giant panda national park.
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00:00And also in China, after years of dazzling billions of people on the road with their
00:04furry bodies and clumsy antics, fallen-born giant pandas are adjusting to their new lives.
00:10Sent pandas are loaned to foreign zoos as part of Beijing's panda diplomacy, and the
00:14cubs return to China within a few years of birth to join breeding programs at conservation
00:19centers in southwest China.
00:21Conservation efforts are funded in part by foreign zoos, which pay the country millions
00:24of dollars on multi-year agreements to lend pandas.
00:28The zoo hopes the bears will become star attractions that draw more visitors.
00:33Officials are working on linking habitats to allow for pandas to mingle and breed, with
00:37more than 40 nature reserves now grouped together to form the Giant Panda National Park.
00:45Firstly, the protection of wild giant pandas and their habitats is the main focus.
00:55We have established nature reserves, a giant panda national park.
01:00Protecting these over 1,800 to 2,000 wild giant pandas is our top priority.
01:08Now we have increased the number of captive pandas to more than 700, which is also a very
01:13large and sustainable population.
01:19After the development of this population, we need to select strong and good pandas,
01:26put them through rewilding training, and then release them into small wild populations to
01:30resolve the need for genetic diversity.