International Red Panda Day 2016

On September 17, 2016, the 7th International Red Panda Day (IRPD) took place around the world, and the 3rd French edition! As you know, the IRPD was created by the Red Panda Network, the American Red Panda Protection Association, to raise awareness of the general public to the preservation of this animal, and to raise funds to continue its actions on the ground.

For more information on the Red Panda Network, click here.

This year, 13 French parks took part in this event: Saint Martin la Plaine zoological space (on 28/08), Amnéville zoo (on 03/09), Bordeaux-Pessac zoo, Doué-la-Fontaine Biopark, Jurques zoo, La Flèche zoo, the animal park of Sainte Croix, Touroparc, the zoo of Trégomeur, the Park of Clères, the zoo of Mulhouse, the zoo of La Boissière-du-Doré (on 24-25/09) and Le Pal (on 25/09), supported by the Foundation Le Pal Nature.

From a stand in La Boissière-du-Doré or in the Parc de Clères, to the tombola organized by the zoo of Bordeaux-Pessac, passing by the wish mills of Sainte Croix, the drawing contest of Saint Martin La Plaine or the face painting of Tégomeur, here is a summary in pictures of the different activities proposed during these days:

At the zoological and botanical park of Mulhouse, our secretary Alexis Le Gac, who is also an animal keeper there, took his colleagues on board for the whole weekend for animations which were very well received by the public:

Alexis testifies: "Despite the rainy weather forecast, the public was at the rendezvous, especially on Saturday, because mobilized by the media.Everyone was very sensitive to the cause of the Red Panda, and the animations (especially the feeding) were very popular.Thank you to all the volunteers who were on site, giving their time all weekend, and who were able to make this event a success!"

This year, funds raised for the RPN (plus de 1000€ !) were for anti-poaching purposes. We would like to thank all the parks that participated in this event!

If you also want to invest in the protection of the panda, do not hesitate to talk about it around you and help us to make it known!

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