Post Description

USA/China, 2009
National Geographic documentary
60 minutes

"In May 12, 2008 a devastating earthquake struck the Province of Sichuan in South West China and an estimated 70,000 people lost their lives. China's Centre for Conservation and Research of the Giant Panda, based at Wolong, was only 24 kilometres from the epicentre of the earthquake and could not escape this terrible natural disaster. Thankfully all the staff and keepers at the centre survived but not all the pandas were as fortunate. 

Some pandas were injured, a few fled and tragically, Mao Mao, star of the first episode of Pandamonium was killed. Her body was only discovered a few weeks after the earthquake. In this special episode Animal Planet looks at what happened the day the earthquake struck and what happened in the weeks that followed. We follow the staff at Wolong as they rescue panic stricken pandas under the constant threat of aftershocks."

Source: HDTV

1080i / DD5.1