Chengdu Panda Base Dujiangyan Field Research Center.
This reintroduction center is located in Majiagou,
Yutang Town just outside of Chengdu with a
total investment of RMB 200 million.
They have completed the first stage of construction
and six giant pandas, XingRong(female, 4), XingYa (female, 4),
GongZai (male, 3), YingYing (male, 3),
ZhiZhi (female, 2) and QiQi (female, 2) were moved to
Dujiangyan Field Research Center from Chengdu Panda Base.
Panda Ambassador, Yao Ming gave a speech.
He mentioned in his speech that he is happy
that now the reintroduction project has
started after all these years of rescuing
wild pandas and the progress they have made
in giant panda research.
YingYing moved to Dujiangyan Field Research Center
in this cage.
The Dujiangyan Field Research Center is consisted of
three sections. The first stage is the experimental area
where the pandas get used to the new environment.
After they get used to the experimental area,
they will move on to the second stage which is the
semi-wild reintroduction area.
This is a picture of the experimental area, the first stage.
They also have their inside enclosures just like they do
in Chengdu Panda Base.
All the journalists were walking with Yao Ming.
I knew that he must be huge, but we can see how
tall he is with everyone around him!
QiQi seemed happy with the new environment.
She went high up in the tree where she could
fall asleep safely. YingYing, GongZai,
ZhiZhi and QiQi are in the same outside
playground together.
QiQi looked so peaceful.
ZhiZhi was enjoying her new enclosure as well.
GongZai walked around his
outside playground to explore the new environment.
He found some apples that the keepers hid
in their outside playground.
The pandas will be trained from now on
so that they could adapt to the new area.
The reintroduction project has just begun.
It will be a long way to go to release pandas
back to the wild where they belong.
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara
