Chinese animal centre launches live 'Panda Cam'
The Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in China’s southwestern Sichuan province has set up a camera to capture the everyday life of pandas to be watched live on the internet, the official Xinhua News Agency said today.
Panda Cam will be aired in 20-minute segments at www.pandaclub.net from Monday to Friday between 3am to 3.50am and 2pm to 2.50pm (both Irish times), Xinhua said.
The facility, set in the heart of Sichuan’s mountain region, is home to about 80 artificially bred pandas.
About 1,600 wild pandas live in the mountain forests of central China – the only place in the world they are found – with another 180 in captivity around the globe.
Pandas are threatened by loss of habitat, poaching and a low reproduction rate, making them among the most endangered in the world. Females in the wild typically have a cub once every two to three years.
