One Panda "Maomao" died from earthquake. Wolong Research Center will rebuild in Huangcaoping area instead of Heitaoping. May 2008, 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake and Wolong Panda.
Wenchuan Earthquake happened at 14:28, 12May 2008, in Wenchuan and Yinxiu, Beichuan, Mianzhu, Pengzhou area, Sichuan Provinc, P.R.China. Affected area covers Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu, Shanxi, Hubei, Yunnan etc. Almost all western area roads in Sichuan were blocked.
Till 12:00 of 11 June, 2008, the death toll from the devastating earthquake rose to 69, 146, injured people rose to 374, 131, and 17, 516 people were missing. 46, 160, 865 people were affected by the quake, of whom15, 147, 400 people were relocated. And the aftershocks maybe take place about one month. The aftershocks have not break till now, and at about 16:28 on 25May an aftershocks took another time stronly (Magnitude 6.4). Total about 11, 601 aftershocks took in China quake zone.
To ensure the earthquake relief transportation, as well as to protect tourists' body healthy, the needs of epidemic prevention, from the 13May 2008 all tourists (both Chiense and foreigners) are not allowed to Sichuan for touring, this order issued by China National Tourism Administration and Sichuan Tourism Administration.
And Sichuan will open to Tourists sooner in late June; Flights between Jiuzhaigou and Chengdu will flys in July.
About the wild panda, almost about 1590 wild pandas in China, and no dead body found till now.
And about about 154 captive pandas in Chengdu, Bifengxia and Wolong are all safe: 86 of them in Wolong is safe.
And in Wolong, with total population of more than 6000, about 47 local people injured, and about 40 local people died. No died for the Wolong Panda Center staff.
Almost all captive panda Enclosures has been destroyed. and 6 captive pandas ever escaped from the Enclosure, 4 of them re-captured(3 captured before 14May, one captured on 26May), one (Maomao) of them died in the Enclosure.
At the time of earthquake, about 34 foreigners (foreign tourists) in Wolong, all of them safe and brought to Chengdu by Heli on both 15May and 16May.
Till 26 May 2008, almost all blocked roads okey for basic transportation, but the roads in Wenchuan area (along Minjiang river) still blocked, also blocked to Wolong, and aftershocks still taking place..
About 8 Olympic Pandas has been to Beijing on 24May by plane from Wolong, and now you can watch these Olympic Pandas in Panda house in Beijing Zoo.
