Giant panda mom severely mauls nature reserve worker in China — RT News
A Chinese conservation employee was severely injured by an enormous panda after coming into her coaching space to check out her cub. Despite being left with damaged wrists, the sufferer says he doesn’t maintain grudge in opposition to the panda, as she is one among his favorites.
The encounter came about in Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on December 17, however the info was solely launched within the Chinese media on Thursday.
Xi Mei, a 16-year-old panda, and her cub, Ba Xi, had arrived on the heart earlier in December. They have been receiving coaching to arrange them to be launched into the wild, the middle mentioned in a press release, as cited by China News Service.
After the sign from Xi Mei’s cub was misplaced for a number of days, the middle’s specialists determined to enter the pandas’ coaching space to check out them.
Three conservation employees carrying panda fits entered the realm, discovered Ba Xi, and have been about to go away when the cub’s mom determined to assault, biting the legs and arms of one of many specialists, Wei Hua. The 41-year-old wildlife conservationist fortunately managed to flee and was instantly taken to hospital.
“After about 5 minutes, my colleagues have been in a position to get her consideration and pulled a bit of clothes that was blocking her eyes. Then she relaxed her grip,” mentioned Wei.
The conservationist apparently obtained fairly a thrashing, and his accidents have been fairly extreme. The anxious mom reportedly broke his wrists, bit chunks out of his left hand, and tore a few of his tendons.
However, Wei, who has been working with pandas since 2013 and has a level in animal conservation, said that Xi Mei is one among his favorites.
“I can’t hate [the panda],” Wei mentioned, as cited by Chinese media. “I’ve forgiven it in my coronary heart. I research and work on this sort of factor. I perceive the conduct of animals higher than others.”
Wei added that he nonetheless doesn’t know “if she needed extra to eat, or if she was enjoying.”
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