The test results indicated that the three red pandas were from a different population than those in the center, so in addition to Manman, the center also sent up a female red panda.
Instead of immediately introducing them to a group, a temporary transition enclosure was arranged beside the yard where the three red pandas lived.
Manman and the Little Sister Red Panda had to first get to know the three on the opposite side through the wire fence before they could be housed together.
The Little Sister Red Panda was in good health but excessively timid and not suitable for release into the wild.
She was chosen to accompany Manman to the mountains with the goal of optimizing the gene pool of the population.
Once the files for all five red pandas were set up, Chen Ying instructed the two keepers sent from the center to pay special attention to Manman's condition.
After all, Red Panda Valley was much lower in altitude, and the climate was somewhat warmer than in the mountains.
