Some cool endangered animals images:
Red Panda, Darjeeling Zoo, West Bengal / Gorkhaland, India
Image by Molesworth II
Darjeeling Zoo (correctly, the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park) while most certainly being a zoo, is also a breeding centre for the red panda (also known as the firefox). The red panda is the state animal of Sikkim, the state to the north of West Bengal/Ghorkaland, and is severely endangered due to hunting and habitat destruction.
The breeding program at the zoo aims to re-introduce more red pandas into the wild and re-establish the species in the hills of Bengal and Nepal.
For that reason, and also because the tiger they have there is rescued from a circus, and because they also have breeding programmes for the Himalayan wolf and the Snow Leopard, I think this particular zoo deserves support.
Red Panda, Darjeeling Zoo, West Bengal / Gorkhaland, India
Image by Molesworth II
Darjeeling Zoo (correctly, the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park) while most certainly being a zoo, is also a breeding centre for the red panda (also known as the firefox). The red panda is the state animal of Sikkim, the state to the north of West Bengal/Ghorkaland, and is severely endangered due to hunting and habitat destruction.
The breeding program at the zoo aims to re-introduce more red pandas into the wild and re-establish the species in the hills of Bengal and Nepal.
For that reason, and also because the tiger they have there is rescued from a circus, and because they also have breeding programmes for the Himalayan wolf and the Snow Leopard, I think this particular zoo deserves support.
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Image by Ned Guthrie
Our oldest dog loves the dead endangered animals
