Zoo installs TV for depressed giant panda  

熊猫疑因同伴被送走情绪低落 动物园为其装电视

今年3月31日，汶川地震寄养云南的大熊猫美茜回到四川“结婚生子”。当年一起寄养的三只大熊猫仅剩下思嘉一个在云南。连日来，大熊猫思嘉的情绪开始异常。 在思嘉的睡台傍，云南野生动物园的工作人员给思嘉装了台电视。动物园通过各方面途径找到了思嘉和美茜小时候的一些视频资料，放给思嘉看。思嘉边吃边看着，嘴里不时发出声音。在原来美茜生活的地方，工作人员还摆上了大熊猫模型来陪伴思嘉。 [查看全文]

Kunming (ECNS) – A zoo in Yunnan province has installed a TV for a giant panda named "Sijia" that has been deprived of companionship.

The TV plays video shot during Sijia's childhood with its companion Meixi.

Sijia is one of the three pandas sent to the Yunnan Wild Animals Park for foster care after the Wolong National Natural Reserve in Sichuan province was badly damaged in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

The two other pandas, Qianqian and Meixi, were sent back to Sichuan, leaving Sijia alone in Yunnan.

Sijia started to eat less and behave abnormally after Meixi left. Many citizens suggested that the panda was depressed and should get more exercise.

In addition to the TV, workers at the park have installed a swing, a horizontal bar and parallel bars, and placed models of pandas in Sijia's room.