Two pandas to be released into wild

Two giant pandas will be released into the wild in southwest China later this month by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, China Central Television reported.

Photo taken on July 25, 2017 shows panda Baxi in Wolong National Nature Reserve. [Photo: VCG]

The male panda, Baxi, and female, Yingxue, are both two years old, the equivalent of seven to eight human years.

They have been receiving wild training since they were born in the Wolong National Nature Reserve.

Photo taken on November 17, 2017 shows panda Yingxue in Wolong National Nature Reserve. [Photo: VCG]

The pandas will be released to the Liziping Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province on November 23.

This will be the second time that two giant pandas have been released into the wild at the same time.

Giant pandas are endangered and live mainly in the mountains of northern Sichuan Province as well as southern Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.