China Scene: West

Giant panda on the mend and ready for operation

A giant panda suffering cataracts in a wild animal protection center in Shaanxi province will soon have an operation to restore its sight.

Found seriously injured in the province's Taibai county in March last year, the aging panda was sent to Shaanxi rare wild animal protection and rescue center in Xi'an, where experts determined it was more than 20 years old and suffering blinding cataracts as well as nephritis and parasitosis.