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SAVE THE RED PANDA
"If we could put all of Earth’s red pandas into one place and line them up back-to-back, they would fit comfortably onto a football field. In fact, the entire red panda population would only reach midfield." - (Walpole, 2019)
Red Panda On Tree
Sleeping Red Panda
Red Panda On Tree
Red Panda On Tree
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Over the last 18 years the population size of the Red Panda has decreased by approximately 50%.
(Bradford , Facts About Red Pandas 2016)
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Approximately 10,000 pandas die every year, and around 7,000 of the 10,000 die from deforestation
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Habitat loss has occurred at an estimated 25% decline over the last 18 years
(Pariona, The Population of Red Pandas: Important Facts and Figures 2017)
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In Nepal, the red panda is a protected species, but their numbers are dwindling as poaching and illegal trade of red pandas and their parts is on the rise. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau of Nepal states that 90% of the nation's cases related to wildlife crime goes unreported.
(Staff, Stop the Illegal Red Panda Trade – 2019 Update 2019)
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The Wildlife Crime Pillar under the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police reports that between 2008 and 2019 there were 102 seizures of red panda hides— six confiscated by authorities in Western Nepal and one in Kathmandu in 2019—and 170 people arrested in the country for trafficking.
(Staff, Stop the Illegal Red Panda Trade – 2019 Update 2019)
Red Panda Population and Habitat Map
Vernes, Karl. (Photographer). (2012, October). Red Panda Reported Habitat Map (digital image). Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-the-red-panda-Ailurus-fulgens-in-South-Asia-modified-from-Choudhury_fig1_235352328
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