Hope for quake panda
A team of workers repairing roads saw Xixi, one of two pandas from the Wolong Panda Reserve still at large after the quake, playing near a river not far from the park, the Beijing News reported.
But before a rescue team from the park had time to capture Xixi, the endangered animal fled and disappeared into a clump of trees, the newspaper added.
Rescue efforts will continue on Monday, the paper said.
The Wolong reserve, home to dozens of pandas, is one of the largest breeding centres in the world. No pandas are known to have died in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake which left 86,000 people dead or missing on May 12.
But three workers at the reserve, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the epicentre of the quake, lost their lives, and six pandas went missing. Four have since been found.
Pandas at the reserve have been facing food shortages since the quake as well as continued danger from aftershocks, Xinhua news agency said.
The supply of bamboo favoured by the pandas was suspended as local residents, coping with the loss of relatives and homes, halted their usual gathering of the animals' favourite food.
Some pandas have already been removed from the centre.
Six were evacuated on Friday due to food shortages and damage caused by the earthquake and were transferred to a reserve near the city of Ya'an, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) to the southwest, which was less affected by the quake.
Another eight pandas were airlifted to the Beijing zoo where they will be on show during the Olympic Games in August, although their transfer was organised before the quake.
The panda is one of the world's most endangered species, with an estimated 1,600 in nature parks in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, and 239 in captivity, according to Chinese media.