Thecenter has already taken 53 pandas that had been living at the WolongNature Reserve.

The center has already taken 53 pandas that had been living at the Wolong Nature Reserve.

3 hours outside Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is the Wolong Nature Preserve, the largest panda reserve in China.

"Theymay have more interest toward each other after a brief separation, "said Zhang, a researcher at the Wolong Natural Reserve in western Sichuan province where the pandas are from.

Calls to the forestry bureau in Sichuan and in Beijing, as well as to the Wolong reserve, rang unanswered Sunday.