Photos: China’s growing panda population

Pandas

In this Feb. 18, 2015 photo, panda triplet cubs play with sheep toys at the Chimelong Wildlife Park in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong province. According to a census by China’s State Forestry Administration, the panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey ending in 2003. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
Published March 6, 2015 at 1:40 PM
Updated March 31, 2015 at 10:27 AM

China’s panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey was conducted more than a decade ago, according to the latest census conducted by China’s State Forestry Administration from 2011 to 2014.