What is being done to help preserve the giant panda species?

Laws enacted declaring panda habitats off-limits to hunting, logging, and other commercial

development. Some areas were designated as panda reserves.

China and several other countries have experimented with captive breeding. It took years before the first captive baby pandas were born, but since that time, the number has been constantly increasing. Special incubators were developed to assure the fragile baby pandas a better chance of survival. Scientists are now working to find nutritional supplements that can be substituted for bamboo, the current food essential to pandas.

Constant research is being done to further insure the survival of these beautiful animals, but research is expensive.

Recent news says they will stop funding money for pandas and spend the money on something more important.


Other people think this is wrong to stop funding them because the cute panda is the logo for WWF.