--- title: Chinese Man Wins $80,000 After WIld Panda Attack description: A man in China has been awarded more than $80,000 in compensation from the government after a wild panda bit him on the leg canonical: https://time.com/3745548/china-panda-bite-lawsuit-compensation-gansu/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-16T06:51:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:41.300Z og:title: Chinese Man Awarded $80,000 After Wild-Panda Attack og:description: Local officials chased the bear onto his land where it bit him on the leg. og:url: https://time.com/3745548/china-panda-bite-lawsuit-compensation-gansu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa933731b3061d0/698783aa55a8593c41a864df/china-panda-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=725&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 725 og:image:height: 408 og:image:alt: Panda resting in a tree og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chinese Man Awarded $80,000 After Wild-Panda Attack twitter:description: Local officials chased the bear onto his land where it bit him on the leg. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa933731b3061d0/698783aa55a8593c41a864df/china-panda-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=725&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chinese Man Gets Attacked by a Wild Panda, Sues Government for $80,000 > Sponsored content. 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Local officials had tried to capture the panda after it wandered into Liziba village in China’s northwest Gansu province, but ended up chasing it onto Guan Quanzi’s land, reports Agence France-Presse. “I saw a panda jump out in front of me, its body completely covered in mud,” he told local paper the Lanzhou _Evening News._ Guan endured seven hours of surgery after the incident, which happened in March last year. The panda managed to escape. Guan’s son sued local forestry officials who now have agreed to pay $83,000, which will cover the man’s ongoing medical bills. Though pandas are known for being pretty easygoing bamboo eaters, they are part of the bear family and can deliver a fierce bite. 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