GIANT PANDA
endangered specie
Size:
About the size of an American black bear, giant pandas stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder (on all four legs), and reach four to six feet long. Males are larger than females, weighing up to 250 pounds in the wild. Females rarely reach 220 pounds.
Status:
The giant panda is listed as endangered in the World Conservation Union's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Species. There are about 1,600 left in the wild. More than 300 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers
why they are endangered
They are endangered because humans have been cutting down their habitats and burning down forests where they live, including their food source, bamboo.
Some people have also been illegally poaching them and killing them in the wild.
Some people have also been illegally poaching them and killing them in the wild.
solution
Sources
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/gianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda
t_panda/solutions/pandasuccess/http://www.nrsd.info/student/73009.htm