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China Center Sees Panda Baby Boom

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/9832333/detail.html

China Center Sees Panda Baby Boom
2 Sets Of Twins Born 2 Days Apart

Researchers at a giant panda reserve in China could be on track to break last year's record of 16 pandas born.

At the Wolong Panda Protection and Research Center in Sichuan Province, nurses are caring for two sets of twins born two days apart.

"It's amazingly gratifying and rewarding considering that not too long ago, these guys were going to be extinct," said Anna Florance, a volunteer at the center.

There were less than 1,500 giant pandas in the wild just five years ago.

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