Internet users love animal videos . So why not watch pandas -- anywhere , anytime ? Billed as the world 's first multi-channel broadcaster of round-the-clock high-definition panda footage , a new website is streaming live feeds from 28 webcams installed inside the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China . Visitors to www.ipanda.com can select from six channels , including adult , child , infant , and mother and child . The website began a test launch on June 24 , according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua , and has since attracted nearly 15,000 visitors . Panda lovers around the world can access the site beginning in August , Xinhua added . But while the new venture has excited some , others are less enthused at the prospect of 24-hour panda-watching . `` I saw the rear view of a panda shaped like a glutinous rice dumpling . It was eating non-stop . The life of a panda is so happy , '' wrote user Mogudawanglaixunshan on China 's Twitter-like Sina Weibo , while user Ashloo commented : `` It 's boring . The pandas do n't move . '' Native to China , the giant panda is considered a national treasure and classified as endangered by the World Wildlife Foundation , with only 1,600 living in the wild as of 2004 . The non-profit research base in Chengdu was founded in 1987 and currently has 83 of the furry creatures in residence .
Chinese giant panda research base launches 24/7 live broadcast of resident pandas . Website streams live feeds from 28 webcams installed inside research base . Giant panda is considered China 's national treasure .