CHENGDU, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A wild giant panda was spotted in Baoxing County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday night, according to the local forestry bureau.

The giant panda was found in a village pigsty in Jianlian Village in the county, but left Thursday morning.

The giant panda, aged between four and five, is in good health, said Zheng Congjun, an official with the bureau.

The county, known as the "hometown of giant pandas," has 181 wild giant pandas, according to the fourth national survey of giant pandas.