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Zoo sends aid to quake-hit panda reserve



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Published Date: 28 May 2008
THE owners of Edinburgh Zoo are sending emergency aid to a Chinese panda sanctuary which was devastated by this month's earthquake.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is the first organisation to offer aid to the Wolong Animal Sanctuary.

Edinburgh Zoo is due to become only the eighth in the world to be given breeding-aged pandas from the reserve.

Five staff at the China reserve were killed, pandas have been reported missing and road closures wiped out the feeding schedule.

Iain Valentine of RZSS, said: "We are concerned for the welfare of the people, of the pandas kept in the centre and the wild panda population within the reserve."







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  • Last Updated: 28 May 2008 10:35 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Edinburgh Zoo
 
1

SDRAWKCAB,

edinburgh 28/05/2008 12:28:32
Don't give Edinburgh Zoo any pandas...
i was there a couple of months back and the polar bear that they have looked utterly miserable. locked away in a tiny enclosure that hasn't been upgraded for as long as i can remember.
don't even get me started on the big cats.
Edinburgh zoo sucks!
2

alex paterson,

embra 28/05/2008 12:30:59
#1
It sure does lets hope one day it will change for the animals sake.
3

Strathmore,

Angus 28/05/2008 19:07:05
Save expense send Eddie Price out with the Equipment I think he was expert on hand held Radios at the Airport and bells on flagpoles to him!!

 

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