Red Pandas Information Report

Kia Ora Reader!

I hope you are having a good day.

Last week we wrote information reports about an endangered animal of our choice there were 12 options;

Mountain Gorilla

Sea Turtles

Polar Bear

Javan Rhino

Hectors Dolphin

Red Panda

Sumatran Elephant 

Sunda Tigers

Snow Leopard

Blue Whale

African Wild Dog

Giant Panda

I chose to do a red panda they are sooo cute. 

I mean look at that! Adorable. 

It was challenging to think of sentence starters.

I enjoyed using researching red pandas as they are very cute and interesting.

Here is my report, I hope you like it, I worked hard on it. 

Red Pandas'

Introduction

Have you ever heard of a red panda? Although they are ‘red pandas’ they look more orangey-brown and they look more like raccoons then pandas. So really they are orange raccoons!

Why are they endangered? 

Red pandas (or orange raccoons) are endangered because they accidentally get caught in traps set for Boar and Deer, being killed. They are also sold on the black pet market where they are kept as pets in an unfamiliar environment where they will most likely not have the necessities they need to live. Sometimes they are also poached so that their fur can be used in clothing. 

Diet

Red pandas are omnivores. They eat leaves, fruit & berries, bird eggs, small lizards and insects. Most people assume that because they have Panda in their name that they would eat bamboo, however, they find it hard to digest because unlike pandas they are much smaller therefore less space for digesting. They have a reasonably simple diet and don't have to go far to get their meals.

Habitat

Red pandas live in Himalayan places such as China, Nepal, Bhutan. They live in trees in high altitude forests in china. They also like high temperature places which is why they like the higher up forests, the heat reaches them more directly. They are killed in their habitats which is very sad because of the reasons I listed earlier on.

Conclusion

To conclude, red pandas are very cute so are sold illegally, taking them away from their natural habitat and diet to be kept as illegal pets.

I hope you learnt something?!

See you later!

~Sophie