Giant Pandas
A scene at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong last year. The reserve is very near the epicenter of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people in China on Monday, but the animals and attendants at the park were reported safe. (LIU JIN, AFP/Getty Images)
Hua Mei as a 3-year-old at the San Diego Zoo. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Mei Sheng, at 9 months, with mother Bai Yun in the San Diego exhibit. (Ken Bohn, AFP/Getty Images)