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The eight giant pandas were transported to the airport in the provincial capital of Chengdu

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The Pandas home at the Woolong Sanctuary is just 30km from the epicentre of the May 12 quake and suffered extensive damage

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Two of the centre's 53 pandas were injured in the disaster and six were initially reported missing

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Earlier this week, emergency bamboo shoot rations had to be sent to Woolong to feed its inmates

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The pandas, which landed in Beijing on Saturday, will remain at Beijing zoo for the next six months

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It's thought the pandas have been recovering from nervousness following the quake

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Five of the staff at the Woolong reserve died in the earthquake, which is thought to have claimed up to 60,000 lives

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Some of the pandas reportedly had to be coaxed down from trees as the earthquake uprooted forests and boulders

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Baby pandas were carried to safety after most of the sanctuary's panda houses were destroyed

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