Success in the wild giant panda chase

ON WEDNESDAY, a wild giant panda was reportedly photographed by an infrared camera in the Jiuding Mountain Nature Reserve of Deyang, Sichuan province. That's the first photo taken of a wild giant panda in that protected area since it was founded in 1999. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Before the photo was taken, people thought there were giant pandas inside the Jiuding Mountain Nature Reserve because their droppings had been found there. However, the last time giant panda feces were found in the reserve was 19 years ago.

A manager of the nature reserve even jokingly said that he kept the ordure from 2000 as it was something very precious, being the only evidence that giant pandas live there. Now he can finally throw it away.