Fargo zoo seeks name for red panda
A new addition to the Red River Zoo is ready to make his public debut. A red panda cub born May 20 has just started to emerge from his nest box, the zoo said in a news release Wednesday.By: Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun
FARGO — A new addition to the Red River Zoo is ready to make his public debut.
A red panda cub born May 20 has just started to emerge from his nest box, the zoo said in a news release Wednesday.
He’s the son of 7-year-old Yukiko and Shantou, brought here in 2007 to increase the genetic diversity of the captive red panda population in the U.S.
The zoo will hold a naming contest for the male panda. Names must come from areas in the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China where the animals live in the wild. To enter, log on to www.redriverzoo.org.
The Red River Zoo has bred 25 percent of the captive red pandas in North American zoos. The species is related to giant pandas and raccoons, but only an estimated 10,000 are thought to survive worldwide after habitat loss and poaching.
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