Adopt an endangered panda and help vital conservation work
Pandas have lived on our planet for about 3 million years.
Don’t let them become nothing more than a memory.
It's shocking to think that there are only about 1600 giant pandas remaining in the wild.
Today they can only be found in the forest areas high in the mountains of south-western China. But the terrible catastrophe of last year's earthquake, which tragically devastated countless human lives, has also worsened the plight of the panda.
Massive landslides, triggered by the earthquake, destroyed great swathes of forest - which had already been fragmented by agriculture, industry, roads and other forms of encroachment. That means that the pandas have even more trouble finding enough of their staple diet - bamboo.
But it's not just that. If pandas are unable to roam freely through the forest to find mating partners - and females are only in season for two or three days each spring - the chances of breeding are even more limited.
Panda adoption pack
When you adopt a panda, you'll be helping this beautiful creature, its habitat and other animals that live in the same environment. You will also receive an adoption pack that includes:
- A cuddly toy panda bear
- A fact booklet about pandas
- A beautiful panda bear print
- A greeting card
- WWF's tips on reducing everyone's environmental impact
- Three issues of Insight magazine throughout the year with updates about giant pandas
Where your money can help
WWF was the first international conservation organisation to work in China - and has been instrumental in implementing a very successful panda project since 1980 which has led to the creation of over 60 protected nature reserves where the panda can safely roam.
We still need to do much more, and last year's tragic earthquake makes the need ever more pressing. We are now working with the Chinese government on a reconstruction plan which will:
- help restore damaged nature reserves and field stations
- restore panda monitoring and patrolling routes
- help local communities to recover from the earthquake
- promote green reconstruction in local communities
Your support will also help fund other essential WWF conservation work
around the world.
