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Panda found in wild three years after release

A picture of a panda is taken at the Yele Nature Reserve in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in late February. [Photo/scol.com.cn]
A picture of a panda is taken at the Yele Nature Reserve in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in late February. [Photo/scol.com.cn]

Cameras captured images of a panda in a nature reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan Province three years after it was released into the wild, the provincial forestry department said Monday.

The pictures and videos of the panda were taken at the Yele Nature Reserve in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in late February.

Researchers identified it as a panda they released into the wild in 2013 named Zhang Xiang. The panda is living in a suitable environment where it can find enough bamboo. After investigating the pictures, videos and samples of the pandas’s excrement, researchers found it was in normal physical condition.

The finding also proves that the panda has moved from one population to another and marks an achievement in releasing pandas into the wilderness in China.

Zhang Xiang is a female giant panda born on August 20, 2011. Zhang Xiang was released into the wild in Liziping Nature Reserve in Ya’an City on Nov. 6, 2013 following two years of wilderness training.

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East Asia

Panda found in wild three years after release

A picture of a panda is taken at the Yele Nature Reserve in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in late February. [Photo/scol.com.cn]
A picture of a panda is taken at the Yele Nature Reserve in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in late February. [Photo/scol.com.cn]

Cameras captured images of a panda in a nature reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan Province three years after it was released into the wild, the provincial forestry department said Monday.

The pictures and videos of the panda were taken at the Yele Nature Reserve in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in late February.

Researchers identified it as a panda they released into the wild in 2013 named Zhang Xiang. The panda is living in a suitable environment where it can find enough bamboo. After investigating the pictures, videos and samples of the pandas’s excrement, researchers found it was in normal physical condition.

The finding also proves that the panda has moved from one population to another and marks an achievement in releasing pandas into the wilderness in China.

Zhang Xiang is a female giant panda born on August 20, 2011. Zhang Xiang was released into the wild in Liziping Nature Reserve in Ya’an City on Nov. 6, 2013 following two years of wilderness training.

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East Asia

This is too little too late for working families who face Tory cuts to Universal Credit – Debbie Abrahams

Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the Government’s reduction to the Universal Credit taper rate, which takes effect today, said:

“This is too little, too late for those working families who face Tory cuts to Universal Credit that will see some worse off by £2,600 a year.

“The Chancellor is stealing pounds with his left hand and paying back pence with his right. For some, including many self-employed workers, these changes will make up less than seven per cent of losses from cuts elsewhere.

“Labour is demanding the Government fully reverse cuts to in-work support that will penalise millions of working families.”

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Daily News 10 / 04 / 2017

EU Justice Scoreboard 2017: justice systems becoming more effective, but challenges remain Commenting on today’s presentation of the main findings of this year’s EU Justice Scoreboard, Commissioner Jourová said: “The 5th edition of the EU Justice Scoreboard confirms that effective … read more

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