Red panda blogging

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Yes, red pandas. And they are extremely rare.

Two of them were born early Tuesday morning at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. As the CBC is reporting, there are likely "fewer than 2,500 red pandas alive in the wild because the animals' natural habitat in China, India and Nepal is being destroyed. Forty red pandas are being raised in zoos. The Valley Zoo has joined an international breeding program in an effort to keep the species alive." These as-yet unnamed cubs, born to Koko (father) and Lala (mother) are currently being hand-raised (and -fed) by an animal health technologist, Sandy Helliker.

Amazing. Just amazing.

For more, see the Edmonton Sun, which also has video. Here's a photo from the Canadian Press (another photo is here):