Chinese state media reported today that the country has started its once-a-decade panda census, the fourth tallying of the endangered species since it first began in the 1970s. 70 panda trackers are being trained during a pilot survey in the Wanglang National Reserve, in the city of Mianyang, in Sichuan province. According to Yang Xuyu, a forestry official, that particular nature reserve is believed to have the largest number of wild panda in the country.

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Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Giant panda in China's research centres have become 'spoilt' because of the extra care taken kwa experts for these lovable creatures that were once on the verge of extinction.
Experts alisema panda should be aliyopewa 'less care' than they are currently used to, as it may prevent them from adapting to life in the wild.
'It is unfair for the wanyama to breed them in captivity like pets,' Zhang Jinyuan, deputy head of the Beijing Zoo, was quoted as saying kwa the Shanghai Daily.
Most panda cubs begin life in an incubator, far from the natural touch of their mother. These pandas...