Scurry to save

The Red PandaBy: Marley S.

Who are we?

• We are the Red Panda Network (RPN)

• Our mission is to educate and empower local communities to get involved and conserve Red Pandas and their habitat

Current conservation

• The RPN is currently saving Red Pandas and their habitats in the wild.

• Recently created the worlds first community based monitoring of Red Pandas called Project Punde Kundo.

Celebrity Supporters

• Metallica:

• The band Metallica wants laws and law makers to impose change to make the world safe for their sons.

Why save the Red Panda?

• Red Pandas Provide clean air and water for over 1 billion people on this planet.

Red Panda Facts

• 42” long (including long bushy tail) Can weigh from 7-14 pounds• Related to Giant Panda (But they resemble Raccoons)• Has hair everywhere on its body-even the soles of their feet.• Eats berries, bird eggs, blossoms and small leaves of various

plants, such as bamboo leaves.

• Each has special markings that blend in with the mosses and

lynches that grow on the trees they live in.

Habitat

• Shelters in hollow trees.

• Lives at an elevation of two thousand to four thousand eight hundred meters high.

• Range extends from western Nepal to northern Myanmar.

Why is it endangered?

• The Red Panda is endangered because of loss of habitat.

• Only twenty-five hundred Red Pandas are left in the wild.