Chengdu: Staff guarding giant panda "home life" under epidemic control

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Keepers take care of giant pandas.　Photo by Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

The reporter learned from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (hereinafter referred to as: “Panda Base”) on September 8 that since September 1, when Chengdu started full nucleic acid testing, the Panda Base has responded immediately according to the “Chengdu New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Command on full nucleic acid testing in the city The park was suspended from opening to the public and Hatchet Hill was quieted down. Behind this quieting down, there are still many staff members who are silently dedicated to protecting the pandas and the pandas at the Panda Base are still living happily.

Staff members are carrying bamboo.　Photo provided by Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

According to reports, from the beginning of the current round of epidemic, the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have been highly concerned about the feeding of all animals in the Panda Base Park, contacting the Panda Base at the first opportunity to understand the difficulties that existed after the closure of the Park, and assisting the Panda Base to safely and effectively solve the problem of animal food supply and transportation, ensuring that the food of all animals in the Panda Base was effectively supplied and guaranteed. In order to meet the supply of bamboo for the pandas in the park, more than 4,000 catties of bamboo and 5,000 catties of bamboo shoots were delivered on time from more than 300 kilometers away every day, ensuring that each giant panda could have fresh and sufficient food every day.

The pandas enjoying their food.　Photo by Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

The problem of daily “rations” for the pandas was solved, and the “nurse” and “nurse” breathed a sigh of relief, accompanying the lovely rollers to start a stable and safe The “home life”. The panda base was closed for management according to the epidemic prevention and control requirements, and the work of feeding, nursing and disease prevention and control of pandas was carried out in an orderly manner. 76 keepers were stationed at the panda base, not rotating their posts and not changing their breaks, wholeheartedly guaranteeing the health and normal life of all pandas. The pandas’ favorite nest and apples are delivered in full, and the environment is plentiful, hygienic, and the animal house is fully disinfected and safely managed. It is also the season for pandas to give birth and raise their cubs, and the “nannies” are standing by the pandas day and night, caring for the safety and health of the pandas’ mothers and cubs.

The pandas in the park are also living peacefully under the careful care of all the staff. Even the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Luding, Sichuan on September 5 did not affect the pandas at all.

Plants are watered in the park.　Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

It is reported that, in addition to the “nurse” , 54 security, greening and maintenance, cleaning and sanitation, logistics and other personnel also joined the closed-loop management, comprehensive protection of the normal life of pandas. The park’s facilities and equipment are continuously inspected, and the high-voltage distribution room is manned 24 hours a day to find and solve problems in a timely manner, providing water and electricity security and basic maintenance services for animal feeding. Carry out basic maintenance work such as plant watering, weed cleaning, pest control, etc. Make full use of sprinkler system and sprinkler operation to maintain the normal growth state of plants in the garden. Roads in the park are swept by sweepers to maintain a clean and tidy appearance of the park. At the same time, the park insists on comprehensive disinfection several times a day, and insists on daily nucleic acid testing by all closed-loop management personnel to ensure the safety of people and pandas in the park.