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panda project perfomance at Art Hostel in Sofia, Bulgaria
panda project perfomance at club Lebowski in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
POPULATION: In 2004 there were around 1,600 wild pandas
STATUS: Endangered
FAMILY: Bear
EATS: 12-38kg of bamboo / day. 1 % of the diet is made up of other plants and meat. Watch a panda eating bamboo here.
THREATS: Due to the fact that the pandas rely on bamboo diet, this makes them vulnerable when the bamboo habitat is decreasing due to forest logging and increased needs of a groing population such as:
GEOGRAPHY: Once the panda was widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Burma and northern Vietnam…today pandas live in around 20 isolated habitats in south-west of China (Gansu, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces).
HOW TO HELP THE PANDA?
There are several ways to help but one way is to support organizations that fight for the animals. One example is:
WWF which is an organization who since 1980 has been active in trying to save the pandas. They made the first-ever intensive field studies of wild panda ecology and behaviour and today they work to:
Thank You for this WWF!
All facts and also the map above are taken from www.panda.org
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