born to be wild
Glad he's integrating into the wild population and coping on his own:
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first captive-bred giant panda to be released into the wild has been coping well in bamboo forests in the country's southwest, state media said on Monday.
The April release of Xiang Xiang, a four-year-old male, came after nearly three years of training to toughen him up at a research institute in the mountainous province of Sichuan.
"Through surveillance we found out that Xiang Xiang had gradually adapted to the wild environment," said Zhang Hemin, director of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center.
"We have also detected other wild pandas in the area, which means Xiang Xiang is being integrated into a wild population," Zhang told CCTV state television ::link
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