Panda Baby Boom Fends Off Extinction
Photo credit: zidane_0120 / Creative Commons With only an estimated 1,590 giant pandas alive in the wild—and fewer than 300 in captivity—some conservationists have predicted that the species could be extinct within two or three generations . One hope, of course, is captive breeding but the notoriously fickle pandas have made such programs unreliable. But now, a baby boom is giving conservationists a new hope … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Panda Baby Boom Fends Off Extinction
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