Considering that the red panda ranks as a "vulnerable" species, we can't help but celebrate every time a new one is born.
At Longleat Safari & Adventure Park in the U.K., zookeepers are celebrating the birth of a red panda, thanks to some careful matchmaking on their part.
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After keepers appealed to zoos around the world for a mate for Longleat's male red panda, mom Ruffina arrived from Italy in 2013. Just a year before, dad Ajenda arrived at the facility from Germany.
"The birth is particularly welcome as this particular pairing is deemed to be critical to the ongoing success of European Endangered Species Programme for the Red Panda," a press release from the park reads.
Though Longleat has not yet released a name for the new panda, zookeepers confirmed that the panda is a male and that "all is going well for the cub."
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