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International Red Panda Day at Taipei Zoo

Taipei Zoo is marking International Red Panda Day with activities encouraging visitors to see red pandas in the Temperate Zone and learn about their endangered status. The zoo highlighted threats including habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching and illegal trade, and pointed to its ongoing ex-situ conservation and exchange efforts with other zoos, including new bloodlines and breeding cooperation. It is also offering limited red panda-themed merchandise at the weekend Mini Zoo shop.

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  1. Taipei Zoo marks International Red Panda Day with conservation outreach and new red panda arrivals

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  • 自由時報

    歡慶國際小貓熊日！北市動物園籲重視保育 限量周邊超吸睛 - 生活

    The article marks International Red Panda Day by inviting visitors to Taipei Zoo’s temperate animal area to see red pandas and learn about their endangered status. It says the zoo stresses threats including habitat loss, poaching and illegal trade, and highlights its long-running ex-situ conservation and exchange work with other zoos. The report also promotes limited red panda merchandise at the Mini Zoo cultural shop, including badges, static-cling doll-bag sets and a new cooling neck ring.

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  • 東森新聞

    萌力全開！國際小貓熊日登場 北市動物園迎新血入厝

    The article says International Red Panda Day arrives on the third Saturday of September, with Taipei Zoo inviting visitors to see its red pandas in the Temperate Zone and learn about their endangered status. It emphasizes that red pandas face habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching and black-market trade, while the zoo has brought in new bloodlines from Japan and Shanghai and sent Chi-chi, also called Yaffa, to Singapore for breeding. The report also promotes red panda merchandise at the weekend-only Mini Zoo shop.

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