Helping China's Pandas Recover

After Damaging Earthquakes, It's Unknown How Wild Pandas Are Doing

(CBS)  Pandas just seem made to make us smile.

And that's why even the smallest of fans celebrated the new pandas at the Beijing Zoo, CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen reports.

But why the pandas are here is no laughing matter - some are refugees.

From the earthquake which devastated southern china, home to one of China's main panda research centers, had five workers killed, and terrified pandas had to be rescued as buildings collapsed.

"The earthquake caused our pandas incredible psychological stress," said Wang Peng Yan, assistant director of the Wolong National Natural Reserve, through a translator. "They clutch you tightly to get a sense of safety."

So handlers pet and talk to them to ease their fear. But it could take months for them to recover, and human help is only available to the some 200 pandas living in captivity.

By some estimates, there are as many as 1,600 pandas still in the wild, and no one knows how they are doing. Their bamboo forest, their water supply, could all be destroyed. One Chinese official said as many as 90 percent could be in danger.

Much of the pandas' habitat was wiped out as movie producer, Jennifer Liu and her crew witnessed. They were out while filming the day the earthquake hit.

"Before we knew it, the earth shook from underneath our feet and we saw mountains come down on both sides of us," Liu said.

Her movie is about an orphan boy helping a panda, and while filming she learned a lot about a panda's personality.

"They're lazy," she said. "They're lazy creatures, but they are so adorable."

China has spent millions learning how to breed pandas in research centers.

Hard-earned knowledge that will now be crucial in replacing any pandas killed in the wild, making sure we will never be without these furry creatures … who make us smile.

[sheila2u-2009]

I LOVE PANDA''''S...CHILDREN LOVE PANDA''''S...IN THIS SORRY STATE OF A WORLD we all need something to SMILE about occasionally !People can help them selves...animals cannot.China needs to do more to help the wild Pandas survive this natural disaster. China can''t you helicopter drop foods and water into the destroyed areas so that those beautiful Pandas who survived the earthquake can rehabilitate !!
G_D gave us those Panda''''s, as well as all other animals. It is the responsibility of human beings to insure their survival !!

[sheila2u-2009]

I LOVE PANDA''S...CHILDREN LOVE PANDA''S...IN THIS SORRY STATE OF A WORLD we all need something to SMILE about occasionally !People can help them selves...animals cannot.China needs to do more to help the wild Pandas survive this natural disaster. China can''t you helicopter drop foods and water into the destroyed areas so that those beautiful Pandas who survived the earthquake can rehabilitate !!
G_D gave us those Panda''s, as well as all other animals. It is the responsibility of human beings to insure their survival !!

[sheila2u-2009]

I LOVE PANDA''S...CHILDREN LOVE PANDA''S...IN THIS SORRY STATE OF A WORLD we all need something to SMILE about occasionally !People can help them selves...animals cannot.China needs to do more to help the wild Pandas survive this natural disaster. China can''t you helicopter drop foods and water into the destroyed areas so that those beautiful Pandas who survived the earthquake can rehabilitate !!
G_D gave us those Panda''s, as well as all other animals. It is the responsibility of human beings to insure their survival !!

[sheila2u-2009]

I LOVE PANDA''S...CHILDREN LOVE PANDA''S...IN THIS SORRY STATE OF A WORLD we all need something to SMILE about occasionally !People can help them selves...animals cannot.China needs to do more to help the wild Pandas survive this natural disaster. China can''t you helicopter drop foods and water into the destroyed areas so that those beautiful Pandas who survived the earthquake can rehabilitate !!
G_D gave us those Panda''s, as well as all other animals. It is the responsibility of human beings to insure their survival !!

[yongamerica]

Communist China with all its trillions of dollars of surplus can take care of their "poor" Pandas without outside help. As was mentioned with other posts, there are plights of human suffering that need to addressed first.

Hey China, where are you in helping eliminate global suffering? Oh, that''s right you create quite a bit in your own back yard that needs to be fixed first.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then, did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You are a big part of this country''s problems and you all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then, did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You are a big part of this country''s problems and you all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then, did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You are a big part of this country''s problems and you all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then, did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You are a big part of this country''s problems and you all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then, did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You are a big part of this country''s problem and you all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You are a big part of this country''s problem and you all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure. You have become useless. You all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure, that you have become useless. You all need to be canceled.

[gigaluv]

I like Pandas as much as the next person and it sure didn''t take you long to report on their plight as a result of the recent earthquake. Why, then did it take you years to report on what was and is still happening in the Sudan? ( George Clooney pressure, huh?) Oh! wait! I forgot! African''s (Humans ???) while "lazy" like the more endangered Panda, they don''t make us smile and aren''t so adorable. They''re just Black and African, with no White on their skin to make them more valuable and cute. Stop wasting our time, and money on " news" that is aimed at keeping us dumb. Shame on you, and on all the "News" networks who demonstrate such cowardice in the face of political pressure, that you have become useless. You all need to be canceled.

[mattcbsmatt]

AFTER READING MY OWN Comment.
I MAY THROW UP.

MANY WILL SHAL BE DECIVED, FOOLED, CONED, SCAMMED, INFLUENCED.
And it is politics and the media AND BIG MONEY, that is a easy way of deceiving
YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF TIME.
BUT YOU CAN NOT FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. : (

[mattcbsmatt]

Although their was a earth quake in CALIFORNA.

The media OBVISSLY GETS ALLOT OF MONEY FROM ASIAN ADVERTISING, DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTY, SNEAKILY.
And I guess all and any form of ADVERTISING is acceptable.
The media likes and wants the money.
That is how it is paid.