AR-News: (UK) Captive China pandas to get more space

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

BEIJING, March 16 (Reuters) - Some of China's captive pandas are about to 
move up market. 
The 76 rare and endangered animals at the Giant Panda Protection and Research 
Centre in Wolong, in southwestern Sichuan province, are to be moved into 
bigger and "more interesting" accommodation, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. 
"At present, one giant panda usually has only 100 sq m of space, including 
one interior section and one open-air field where the environment is dull," Wei 
Rongping, assistant to the director of the centre, was quoted as saying. This 
figure is equivalent to a space of 1,076 sq ft. 
"The pandas roam idly, shaking their heads and sometimes even throwing 
themselves against the fence as a result of growing psychological pressure."




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 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK267830.htm 
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