On April 11, when some netizens were traveling through Baoxing County, Ya'an, Sichuan, they saw a suspected carcass of a juvenile giant panda in the river. According to CCTV News, the reporter contacted the Forestry Bureau of Baoxing County, Ya'an City, and the staff replied that the local government had received relevant reports and was further verifying.
Mr. Shi, a netizen in question, told the Jimu News reporter that on April 11, he and his friends drove a motorcycle to travel on the West Sichuan Small Ring Road, from Ya'an to Aba direction, passing through Baoxing County, Ya'an, and accidentally found a giant panda in the water in the roadside river, "The scenery along the way is very beautiful, when I saw the scenery, I thought it was a puppy falling into the water at first, and I was going to save it, and I stopped the motorcycle to the side of the road to see whether it was a giant panda or a juvenile." ”
Mr. Shi said that at that time, according to his observations, the giant pandas in the river were dead, floating on the surface of the water, motionless. The river is on the side of the road, and the water flow in the section of the river where the incident occurred is deep and slow.
The giant pandas have been properly handled
The relevant authorities are already investigating
The news has attracted widespread attention. On the 12th, Mr. Shi, the whistleblower, posted a video saying that the local authorities in Baoxing County had contacted him as soon as possible, the giant panda had been properly handled, the relevant departments were already investigating, and there were no obvious human injuries on the surface of the panda.
The first investigation of the drowning of the giant panda
Exclude the human factor
According to the Beijing News "We Video" emergency call: Zheng Congjun, head of the Wildlife Protection Unit of the Baoxing County Forestry Bureau, told reporters that personnel have arrived at the scene to deal with it, and no external injuries have been found on the panda. As for whether the panda was sick before drowning, an autopsy is still needed.
Stay tuned!
Source: CCTV News, China News Network, Jimu News, The Paper, Beijing News
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