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April 22, 2008
China to build world's largest panda-breeding center
The world's largest panda breeding centre is being built in southwest China, an official at the country's biggest sanctuary for the notoriously sex-shy animals said Tuesday.
The new centre, which will house 200 pandas, will be an extension to current facilities at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province, reserve official Zhang Hemin told AFP.
"It will be the world's largest panda research centre based on its area and functions," Zhang said. "The first period of construction will be finished by the end of this year."
Besides pens for feeding and breeding, the base will also include a playground measuring 19,400-square-metre (210,000-square-foot) , Xinhua news agency said.
Pandas, one of the world's most endangered species, are a rare national treasure in China.
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Posted by sue at April 22, 2008 11:50 AM