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皇冠体育app breeds 21 giant pandas in 2005
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-01 20:54
Twenty-one giant pandas born in 皇冠体育app's breeding centers and zoos in 2005 have survived, the largest annual increase since 皇冠体育app reared the endangered mammal in captivity, the State Forestry Administration announced.
These newborns mainly live in Wolong and Chengdu in west 皇冠体育app's Sichuan Province, northwest 皇冠体育app's Shaanxi Province and the Beijing Zoo, the administration said.
Sixteen panda babies born in 11 births in the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center all survived, accounting for about 76 percent of the increase across the country in 2005, the administration said.
To date 皇冠体育app has 183 giant pandas fed in captivity. Among them, 98 live in Wolong, 46 in the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base.
In addition, 24 Chinese giant pandas guest in nine zoos in five countries including the United States, Japan, Germany, Austria and Thailand for joint research.
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