article_snippet: the Chengdu Panda Research Base – just outside the city of Chengdu – is home to 83 adults and cubs.
article_snippet: Also known as the Chengdu Panda Research Base, the facility has been breeding and researching the huge black and white creatures since 1987.
article_snippet: The not-for-profit research and breeding compound started with six giant pandas that were rescued from the wild. 
article_snippet: By 2008, The not-for-profit research and breeding compound had already had 124 panda births.
article_snippet: Along with the giant panda, the sanctuary is a refuge to other endangered species such as the red panda, the snow leopard, and the clouded leopard among the 109 species of mammals recorded.
highlights_snippet: Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base home to 83 adults and cubs .
  