Nepal Community Efforts Revive Red Panda Population

Fuente: International Business Times

Red pandas are sought-after as exotic pets, while their copper-coloured hides are prized for their supposed medicinal qualities and aesthetic value AFP Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realising it was an endangered red panda. Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas -- due to their bamboo diet -- but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features are much smaller, typically the size of a house cat. "I was 17 and had no idea what it was.