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Why is red panda endanged?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Because their population is way down and their natural habitat is being invaded on, and they have been hunted too much. and Red pandas start to mature sexually at 18 months but do not hit full maturity until they are about 1-2 years old. As the human populations in the areas where they are found rise, more of the trees they call home and the bamboo they eat is cut down, and pollutants damage the soil so plants they eat can't grow as well. Some people also hunt the poor things just for fun. Deforestation is the main cause, though.

Red pandas are endangered by loss of habitat. As expanding human populations move into their territory, they are not able to adapt to new environments.

Red pandas are also being hunted by humans for their fur which is sold in the fur trade.

The red panda is endangered mainly because their bamboo forests which they live in and eat bamboo. Plus they are also hunted because of their fox like tail which in China is considered as a good luck charm for newlywed couples.

The primary threats to red pandas are direct harvest from the wild, live or dead, competition with domestic livestock resulting in habitat degradation, and deforestation resulting in habitat loss or fragmentation.

Evil people. Not really. It's their religion and they use them for clothing. They think it's a good luck charm.

Because of the destruction of the habitats animals have died and without their habitat, the animals have nothing to live on.

mostly because people hunt it for their fur

and their food that they eat and forests are being cut down.

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The red panda is endangered mostly because of habitat loss. There are now less than 2500 adult red pandas in the wild because of this habitat destruction.

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