Panda bears biography
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Posted on June, 08
A brief history on the Giant Panda, and how it came to be where it is today
History of the Giant Panda11 March A hunter brings a panda skin to the French Jesuit, Armand David
13 April The Roosevelt brothers become the first foreigners to shoot a panda
Ruth Harkness captures an infant panda and takes it to the USA, evoking universal sympathy for the plight of the panda and creating the ‘panda cult’
14 pandas are taken from China by foreigners
China closes its doors to panda exploitation by foreigners
A total of 24 pandas are given to foreign countries as goodwill gestures
Early sThe first four panda reserves are established and a nature decree is issued prohibiting the hunting of a list of animals, including the panda
sAdditional panda reserves are established
sDNA analysis reveals that the panda is a member of the bear family
midsA number of pandas in the northern part
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As few as 1, giant pandas live in their native habitat, while another pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world. The largest threat to giant panda survival is habitat destruction. People in need of food and income have cleared forests for agriculture and timber. This logging has fragmented a once continuous habitat, leaving small groups of pandas isolated from each other.
When populations become small, they are extremely susceptible to extinction due to environmental or genetic influences, such as drought or inbreeding. Small populations cannot rebound the same way large populations do; as groups of pandas become more isolated, it is more likely that reproduction, disease resistance and population stability will be threatened.
For more than 50 years, the Zoo has celebrated these charismatic bears by creating and maintaining one of the world's foremost panda conservation programs. In that time, the Zoo's team — consisting of dozens of animal care staf
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Giant panda
Species of bear
"Panda", "Pandas", and "Panda bear" redirect here. For the red panda, see red panda. For other uses, see Panda (disambiguation), Pandas (disambiguation), and Giant panda (disambiguation).
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