<p> A villager in northwest China has been compensated 400,000 yuan (about USD 62,500) after being bitten by a giant panda, a protected wild animal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On March 1, 2014, Guan Quanzhi, 68, of Liziba village in Bikou Township, Gansu Province was bitten while watching and chasing a wild giant panda which appeared in the village, according to the Wen County court.<br /><br />Guan suffered fractures of tibiofibula and artery ruptures on the right lower leg and ankle tibial after being attacked by the panda.<br /><br />Relatives of Guan sued the county forestry bureau and Gansu Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve in February 2015, after negotiation of treatment failed.<br /><br />It was the first case of a protected wild animal attacking a human being heard by the court of the county.<br /><br />An agreement of 400,000 yuan compensation was reached by both sides after the court's meditation, state-run Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve stretches across both Longnan City's Wudu District and Wen County.<br /><br />It was one of China's three biggest giant panda nature reserves which are overseen by the country's State Forestry Bureau</p>
<p> A villager in northwest China has been compensated 400,000 yuan (about USD 62,500) after being bitten by a giant panda, a protected wild animal.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On March 1, 2014, Guan Quanzhi, 68, of Liziba village in Bikou Township, Gansu Province was bitten while watching and chasing a wild giant panda which appeared in the village, according to the Wen County court.<br /><br />Guan suffered fractures of tibiofibula and artery ruptures on the right lower leg and ankle tibial after being attacked by the panda.<br /><br />Relatives of Guan sued the county forestry bureau and Gansu Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve in February 2015, after negotiation of treatment failed.<br /><br />It was the first case of a protected wild animal attacking a human being heard by the court of the county.<br /><br />An agreement of 400,000 yuan compensation was reached by both sides after the court's meditation, state-run Xinhua reported.<br /><br />The Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve stretches across both Longnan City's Wudu District and Wen County.<br /><br />It was one of China's three biggest giant panda nature reserves which are overseen by the country's State Forestry Bureau</p>