Red+Panda+Period+5

 **Group Members:**  Margot Williams and Annabel Kupke

Manage time well and spend time if needed after school/home to work on our projects.
 * How Will We Work Together:**


 * Research: **

** 1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics? **

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?)  The Red Panda lives in many places including:

Asian forests, Nepal, China, Sikkim, mountain forests, India, Laos, northern Burma, Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar, south-central China.

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal //Ailurus fulgens// or A.f. styani

Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal  About 10 pounds, strong legs, white face, ears that stick straight up, small bodies, sharp claws, black nose, long striped tail, thick orange fur (soft and shiny), whiskers, dark eye patches


 * 2. Where and why is your animal endangered? **

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats )  Red Pandas have become extinct in 4 of the 7 Chinese provinces in which they were previously found. -China, Nepal, India, Himalayas, Sikkim, Laos, northern Burma, Bhutan, Myanmar

Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered <span style="color: rgb(240, 56, 196)"> -people cut down bamboo plants that the pandas eat -people cut down the trees the pandas live in -pouching for the pet and fur trades -competition from domestic livestock

Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment <span style="color: rgb(242, 24, 180)"> There are less than 2500 adult red pandas left in the world. <span style="color: rgb(245, 50, 235)"> Over 300 Red Pandas in captivity.

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held. <span style="color: rgb(221, 19, 187)"> -Zoo Atlanta -National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. -San Diego Zoo -Minnesota Zoo <span style="color: rgb(248, 22, 196)">-Singalila National Park -Taronga Zoo -Red Panda Network Research Center -Shanghai Zoo Sichuan China Breeding Center
 * 3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved? **
 * 4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done? **

Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) <span style="color: rgb(225, 51, 189)"> -zoos around the world -International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora -WWF Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation <span style="color: rgb(224, 36, 180)"> -zoos -government (making laws) -- (international treaty) International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora The Red Panda Network-Nepal

Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 204)"> Laws have been created to protect and conserve the pandas. An international treaty has been made by the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora There is a group of people called the Red Panda Network working out of Nepal trying to help the Red Panda population. <span style="color: rgb(63, 105, 238)"> Click here to visit the Red Panda Google Earth tour!




 * Photos**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26686573@N00/818257025/sizes/s/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremiahblatz/1403915023/ By Jeremiahblatz's photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/justjess17/1424172494/ By Justjess17's photostream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oePFpfFKZs By Kaloken20
 * Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiCEryM4p4s By MindObserver

http://www.zooatlanta.org/videos/zoo_footage-016.htm By Zoo Atlanta

Bibliography (All Resources Used)** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> "Animal Info-Red Panda." [|http://www.animalinfo.org.] The Brit 2. __Red Panda__. [|http://www.flickr.com/photos/26686573@N00/818257025/sizes/s/ <span] style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Burton, John. __Atlas of Endagered Species__. "Pandas." [|www.go.grolier.com/] "Red Panda." http://www.minnesotazoo.org/conservation "Red Pandas." http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/RedPanda/factsheet.cfm. Rutten, Joshua. __Red Pandas__. Joshua Rutten. "Red Panda." [|http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/2695/rdpanda.html.]