Gansu villagers form scout to prevent illegal hunting, rescue rare animals

Photo taken on June 2, 2015 with an infrared camera placed by a volunteer game scout shows a wild giant panda in the wild in the Baishuijiang National Nature Reservein Wenxian county, northwest China's Gansu province. The volunteer game scout, which was founded 13 years ago and is mainly comprised of local villagers, has 23 members who carry out field patrol, prevent illegal hunting and rescue rare animals regularly. The Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve, the largest one in area among China's 55 giant panda protection zones, is a home to 110 pandas. [Photo/Xinhua]