Shifang County, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Footage captured by infrared camera showing musk deer showing up 2. Surveillance video footage 3. Zeng Xiangbo (L), staff member with Shifang management station, Giant Panda National Park, watching surveillance video footage 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zeng Xiangbo, staff member, Shifang management station, Giant Panda National Park (partially overlaid with shot 5): "The musk deer remains extremely timid and elusive, often called a 'hermit of high mountains,' and places very high demands on habitat integrity and low human disturbance." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 5. Zeng, team member, watching surveillance video footage ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ FILE: Shifang County, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 6. Aerial shot of forest 7. Various of wild animals 8. Aerial shot of forest Storyline Rare footage of a musk deer has been recorded for the first time in the Shifang section of the Deyang area of the Giant Panda National Park in southwest China's Sichuan Province, offering fresh evidence of improving biodiversity protection in the vicinity. The images, released recently by the park's Shifang management station, were taken in the Shentai area at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, where steep terrain and harsh weather long limit human activity. The footage shows the agile animal stopping to scan its surroundings before moving on. "The musk deer remains extremely timid and elusive, often called a 'hermit of high mountains,' and places very high demands on habitat integrity and low human disturbance," said Zeng Xiangbo, a staff member with the Shifang management station. Infrared cameras deployed across the Shifang area have also captured activities of other nationally protected species, including golden snub-nosed monkeys, Asian black bears and leopard cats, underscoring stable population recovery and a well-preserved ecosystem in the region.