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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Photo: Three Pandas Missing Near China Quake Zone


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An employee of the Wolong National Nature Reserve races a panda to safety in a still image taken from a cellphone video on May 12, not long after a magnitude 7.9 quake ripped through central China.

More than a dozen cubs were safely evacuated, but three adult captive pandas were confirmed missing from the reserve on May 19, according to state media and other sources.

Video still courtesy Panda Mountain/U.S.-China Environmental Fund