Giant Pandas one of the most sought after animals to look at in zoos. No wonder, they’re cute and extremely cuddly looking and they are also extremely rare.
The Giant Panda is on the endangered species list and because of their habitat continuously being lost to development in China, it looks as if they will be for a very long time.
In addition to the loss of habitat, they also have a very low birth rate and when one is born it is often extremely worthy of receiving worldwide news attention.
Along with these Giant Panda Facts, another reason they are in the endangered species is the because they have come under the gun of poachers. Poachers hnt and kill Giant Pandas because their fur is not only a rarity because it’s black and white but also because it’s so soft.
Often and sadly, the price and the desire for panda skins was such that many officials would ‘look the other way’ and aided the poachers to fulfill the demand on the black market.
Scientists estimate (though some would say it’s an underestimate) that there are only around one thousand Giant Pandas remaining in the wild. Because of this and changing world views, the number of reserves in China for pandas has gone from just thirteen to forty in just twenty short years.
As such, and by using advanced DNA analysis of droppings researchers say now that there may in fact be somewhere around three thousand Giant Pandas remaining in the wild.
If you’d like to learn more about panda bears and Giant Pandas, head on over to Panda Facts.
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