International Red Panda Bear Day, celebrated third Saturday of September every year, aims to raise public awareness and support for red panda conservation issues.
Endemic to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China, red pandas are facing the threat of extinction due to poaching, habitat destruction and fragmentation and inbreeding depression.
The exact number of individuals of the species that exist in the wild is not known today, but some estimates report it to be as low as 10,000 mature individuals; therefore the IUCN List classifies it as an ‘endangered’ species.
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