Pandas' habitat ravaged by landslides

The May 12 earthquake seriously damaged wild giant pandas' habitats, compounding difficulties of conservation work to save the endangered species, experts said.

Yang Baijin, secretary-general of China Wildlife Conservation Association, said: "The quake's destruction of many major conservation zones in southwest China is a great loss."

Huang Huali, director of the administration bureau of the Baishuijiang national natural reserve in Gansu province, said continuous aftershocks have caused landslides and road disruptions at the conservancy, which is 250 km from the epicenter.