Adopt a Panda: Adopt a real Panda with this Adopt a Panda gift pack and help safeguard the panda species. The WWF Adopt a Panda is a great cause. When you adopt a panda, you not only protect a panda, but safeguard the future.
Adopt a Panda
Giant pandas are victims of
poaching, or illegal killing, as their dense fur carries a high price
in illegal markets in the Far East.
The panda's natural habitat
is also in danger because of the destruction of the forest, mainly due
to China's rising population requiring housing space.
A single panda will consume
40 pounds of bamboo a day to keep full, but as the bamboo forests are
torn down, pandas are literally dying of starvation. Each year
an area of forest larger than the UK is lost - a rate of 30 hectares
every minute.
Right now pandas are among
the rarest mammals in the world -- there are probably fewer than 1,000
left in the wild, with 140 held in captivity in zoos across the world.
You can do your bit to help preserve these wonderful creatures with our adopt a panda gift pack.
Your sponsorship money will go towards helping WWF to safeguard the future of
the panda, and tackle some of the
biggest conservation challenges that we face today.
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