China has started counting its endangered pandas on Sunday, June 26, 2011 and is using panda droppings for the “once every decade” panda census.
According to Xinhua News Agency on its official website on Monday, the China panda counting began on Sunday with a pilot survey in the Wanglang National Reserve in Mianyang City.
Yang Xuyu, Sichuan Province forestry administration officer told Xinhua that the place is being believed to have the highest number of pandas in the entire country.
“About 70 trackers are currently being trained at the nature reserve and will start their work in two or...
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