Dirty firms shut to protect pandas - China Daily

[Eugene]

Dirty firms shut to protect pandas
By Huang Zhiling (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-27 06:54

YA'AN: The government of this city has closed down more than 10 polluting
enterprises and asked 180 others to upgrade their facilities to help protect
the habitat of China's giant pandas.

Wild pandas in Ya'an, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, account for
about a quarter of Sichuan's panda population and around 20 percent of
the national total.

"The goal is to improve the environment to protect the giant panda's habitat,"
said Yun Kang, an information officer with the municipal government.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Good news. These gentle critters need all the protection they can get. n/t