On the Road Encounters with People in China

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The only Panda Bears alive in the wild live in Sichuan. The zoo has a number of Panda Bears. Some come to the zoo if they need to recover from accidents. They are heavily protected. Two men were discovered with a panda skin they were trying to sell. They were tried and executed the next day.

China is rich in vertebrate fauna, with about 3,440 species. The country can be divided into two zoogeographical regions: the palearctic region in the north and the oriental region in the south. Since the late 1960s the Chinese government has instituted programs to conserve and protect wildlife, of which the giant panda is the most publicized species.