--- description: A panda had a lucky escape earlier this week after being rescued from a hydroelectric dam. title: Watch This Panda’s Dramatic Rescue After It Fell in a Dam image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce424708e97ad2e5/6988ad0ce20a879c90a9316a/panda-stuck-in-dam.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Panda’s Dramatic Rescue After It Fell in a Dam by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2016 5:53 PM CUT  Newsflare by [Suyin Haynes](/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2016 5:53 PM CUT A panda had a lucky escape earlier this week after being rescued from a hydroelectric dam. According to [local reports](https://www.newsflare.com/video/93207/animals/wild-panda-rescued-after-falling-off-hydroelectric-power-station "undefined"), the female animal fell while trying to cross the power station in China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday, with the video footage showing a group of rescuers hoisting her to safety. After being tranquilized and pulled out of the river, the animal was successfully released back into her natural habitat three hours later. [_The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/03/panda-rescued-from-dam-in-dramatic-rescue-mission/ "undefined")reported that the animal was unharmed by the incident. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4558806/panda-rescue-dam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4558806/panda-rescue-dam/"},"headline":"Watch This Panda’s Dramatic Rescue After It Fell in a Dam","datePublished":"2016-11-04T17:53:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:25.053Z","description":"Lucky escape for curious animal","url":"https://time.com/4558806/panda-rescue-dam/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","China","Panda"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce424708e97ad2e5/6988ad0ce20a879c90a9316a/panda-stuck-in-dam.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce424708e97ad2e5/6988ad0ce20a879c90a9316a/panda-stuck-in-dam.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"panda-stuck-in-dam","caption":"","creditText":"Newsflare","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4558806/panda-rescue-dam/","name":"Watch This Panda’s Dramatic Rescue After It Fell in a Dam"}}]}] ```