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Chinese officials have drawn up $300m (£150m) plans to rebuild a major panda reserve, which was badly damaged by the Sichuan province earthquake in May. | Chinese officials have drawn up $300m (£150m) plans to rebuild a major panda reserve, which was badly damaged by the Sichuan province earthquake in May. |
The quake flattened many of the caves used for shelter by the 150 or so pandas at the Wolong reserve. | The quake flattened many of the caves used for shelter by the 150 or so pandas at the Wolong reserve. |
Officials want to build a new research centre and a panda hospital, as well as repair damaged habitat. | Officials want to build a new research centre and a panda hospital, as well as repair damaged habitat. |
Five staff and one panda were killed at the breeding centre during the tremors, and its research facility was wrecked. | Five staff and one panda were killed at the breeding centre during the tremors, and its research facility was wrecked. |
National symbol | National symbol |
The quake also destroyed vast areas of vegetation, including the bamboo forest which the animals rely on for food. | The quake also destroyed vast areas of vegetation, including the bamboo forest which the animals rely on for food. |
Conservation officials want to rebuild the Wolong reserve in a completely different location and say the project will take seven years. | Conservation officials want to rebuild the Wolong reserve in a completely different location and say the project will take seven years. |
The new plans include a breeding laboratory and a disease control centre for the animals, which would be constructed in a different part of Sichuan. | The new plans include a breeding laboratory and a disease control centre for the animals, which would be constructed in a different part of Sichuan. |
BBC East Asia specialist Steve Jackson says pandas are widely loved in China and are seen as a national symbol, to be protected whatever the cost. |
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