A wild giant panda in Baoxing, Sichuan Province died after being rescued.
When the giant panda was found, it could not move.
On March 14th, the staff of the Forestry Bureau of Baoxing County, Sichuan Province confirmed to the media that a wild giant panda suspected of being ill in this county died after being rescued. On February 20th, the giant panda was found in the wild and sent back to the county for treatment.
On March 15th, the reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of Baoxing County Committee that because there was no rescue center in the county forestry bureau, the giant panda was found and sent to chengdu research base of giant panda for treatment the next day. At present, they are also waiting for the test results to determine the specific cause of death.
An industry insider who has been engaged in wildlife-related work for more than 20 years said that it was a bit surprising that the news said that the giant panda was only in his teens. The wild giant panda can live to be around 20 years old, and his teens are in their prime. At the turn of winter and spring, the death of wild animals is relatively concentrated, but the natural elimination is mainly the old, weak and sick wild animals.
He was sent to Chengdu Panda Base for treatment.
Currently waiting for the test results.
According to previous media reports, on February 20th, a wild giant panda in Baoxing County, Ya ‘an stayed in a mixed forest for several hours and remained motionless. After observation, the giant panda has no trauma on its body surface, but it has been running nose and is in poor spirits. It is initially suspected that it is sick. After receiving the news, the staff of local forest public security and forestry departments rushed to the scene, put the giant panda into a cage and transported it back to Baoxing County, where the local forestry department treated the giant panda.
On the 14th, the staff of Baoxing Forestry Bureau confirmed to the media that the wild giant panda died after being rescued. According to its introduction, the giant panda was found in the wild and sent back to the county for treatment. The giant panda is over 10 years old, and the specific cause of death is still unclear. "I haven’t got the test report yet," but judging from the effusion found in the giant panda’s chest at that time, it is preliminarily inferred that it was due to illness.
On the 15th, the reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of Baoxing County Committee that the county forestry bureau did not have a treatment center because of the insufficient treatment conditions in the county. The giant panda was found and sent to Chengdu Panda Base for treatment the next day. They are also waiting for the test results. For some online speculations, the other party said that there is no basis for judgment without the test report. I hope everyone can wait patiently and the test results will prevail.
In his teens, he is in his prime.
Pleural effusion or caused by inflammation
For the news that the wild giant panda died after being rescued, an industry insider who has been engaged in wildlife-related work for more than 20 years said that in terms of time, it is more difficult for wild animals to find food in winter, and at the same time, in order to keep out the cold, the energy demand is greater, which is a hurdle for many animals, so the turn of winter and spring is a time when wildlife deaths are concentrated. Many old, weak and sick wild animals will be eliminated naturally. During this period, when he was in the field, he also saw the bodies of many animals by the river, including pronghorn and rock sheep.
"According to the current news report, the giant panda is most likely ill." According to the insiders, the giant panda is in his teens, in the prime of life, and has almost no natural enemies in the wild. In terms of large mammals, besides giant pandas, there are also some bears and snow leopards in Baoxing County, which pose a certain threat to adult giant pandas. However, it’s really hard to tell the winner when the two sides fight, so people rarely hear the news that adult giant pandas are attacked by other animals. At the same time, the giant panda was found to have no trauma, indicating that it had not experienced a fight.
The insider said that as far as he knows, various parasitic diseases are one of the diseases that wild giant pandas are prone to, typically including roundworms in the body and scale mites on the body. Ascaris is familiar to everyone, but animals can’t take medicine like people. Regarding the discovery of hydrops in the chest mentioned in the news, he said that hydrops indicates inflammation, and the chest cavity is the heart, lungs and pleura, some of which may be diseased. Of course, the final exact cause of death still needs to wait for the test report.
Injured pandas have been found before.
Suspected of being attacked by other wild animals
The reporter noted that due to the large number of wild giant pandas in China, it is not the first time that Baoxing County has found a giant panda that needs help because of illness and injury.
According to media reports on May 6, 2016, villagers in Baoxing, Ya ‘an found a wild giant panda with obvious injuries on its ears, back, right hind legs and tail. The staff rescued him from the mountain. The injured giant panda was a male, 4 years old, weighing 44 kilograms. After that, he was sent to Ya ‘an Base of China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center for treatment. After consulting with surgical experts in Ya ‘an People’s Hospital and trying all possible rescue methods, the giant panda died at 14: 50 on the same day because of his injuries and ineffective rescue. According to experts’ analysis, this giant panda may have been injured because it was attacked by other wild animals.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star Journalist Zheng Ran Lin Cong
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