3 giant pandas missing after China earthquake                                                                  From: Xinhua English

Five staff members at the world famous panda reserve were killed                      News Time: 18 May 2008

BEIJING - Three giant pandas are missing from the world's most famous panda reserve after China's devastating earthquake and five staff members were killed, an official told state media Sunday.

All the pandas at the Wolong Nature Reserve were first reported safe Tuesday, but an official with the State Forestry Administration now says three are missing, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

The reserve's other 60 giant pandas are safe, forestry spokesman Cao Qingyao told Xinhua.