Journey home: Challenges of returning captive pandas to the wild
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From cute and cuddly in captivity to powerful beasts in the wild, the journey home for captive pandas is a challenging one. There are over 670 pandas in captivity and only 1,800 in the wild in China. The protection of genetic diversity is a key issue for the Chinese Panda Conservation Research Center. Join China Daily reporter Yan Dongjie and Owen Fishwick as they explore the Wolong Hetaoping Panda Base in Sichuan province and learn about the efforts of the base to return pandas to their natural habitats.
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