The giant panda well known as a symbol of China, is used in the WWF logo, because it is the best known and loved of endangered species. Captive breeding of the giant panda has proved to be difficult, making its protection in the wild all the more important. Giant pandas are among the rarest mammals in the world, there are fewer than 1,000 left in the wild. There are less than 1,000 giant pandas still alive in the wild, because their main food is bamboo they will remain in danger of extinction unless present habitat is expanded. The differing varieties of bamboo go through periodic die-offs as part of their renewal cycle. Such die-offs of the the bamboo also put the panda in more direct contact with farmers and poachers as the bears try to find new areas in which to feed.
Endangered Species Giant Panda
Panda Bear
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