Pandas Captivity

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Pandas are culturally and economically a valuable specie. By saving pandas, we are conserving the environment that both animals and humans depend on. Although, environmental conservation is important it is not the only effort needed to conserve the survival of an endangered species. Keeping Pandas captive in zoos raises awareness and provides health care, mating services, and the protection pandas need for a long lasting future.

Pandas are referred to as a flagship specie. Meaning, pandas are the iconic symbol of their environment, the ambassador. Focusing on pandas helps bring awareness and improvement to the other vulnerable species in their environment. Exposure and education is essential for motivating people to appreciate and protect wildlife. Places like Zoo Atlanta, provide educational programs and opportunities that bring awareness to Pandas and their …show more content…

Pandas are cut off from bamboo in their habitat by occurring destruction. The strange thing about bamboo plants is they grow and die together. Once the bamboo dies, pandas search for a different specie of bamboo and find their new area destroyed. The clearing of their forests leave them subject to isolation, starvation, predators, and disease. Captivity provide Pandas a variety of 25 species of bamboo and the nutritional health care they need for healthy living.

Pandas are a mostly introverted specie that like spending time alone. But during mating season, the male panda searches for a female to mate with. Due to their endangerment and the reputation of their environment there is a low reproductive rate. Cubs are very dependent on their mothers during the first stages of life. In the wild, it is difficult for a mother panda to care for more than one cub. This is also a leading cause to their extinction. Panda facilities provide pandas a helping hand when caring and raising twin

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