{"id":40145,"date":"2025-08-02T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/40145\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:25:08","slug":"banham-zoo-welcomes-birth-of-two-endangered-red-panda-cubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/40145\/","title":{"rendered":"Banham Zoo welcomes birth of two endangered red panda cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Banham Zoo\u00a0has announced that twin red panda cubs were welcomed into the world on June 22.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pair is yet to be named due to their sex being unknown.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The cubs were born in June\u00a0(Image: Banham Zoo) Lu\u00a0was welcomed to the zoo just over a year ago from West Midlands Safari Park to join Jasper &#8211; the zoo&#8217;s male panda.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25354756.popular-tiktoker-visits-great-yarmouth-pleasure-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Popular TikToker tries out beloved Norfolk attraction<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Welcoming a new litter of red panda cubs is a truly special moment for everyone at Banham Zoo,\u201d\u00a0Deborah Harris,\u00a0animal manager, said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u200b&#8221;Lu is proving to be an incredible first-time mum, showing great care and dedication to her little ones.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25335224.banham-zoo-welcomes-birth-two-cotton-top-tamarin-monkeys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Banham Zoo welcomes birth of two cotton top tamarin monkeys<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;These births represent a significant step forward in conserving this endangered species, and we\u2019re proud to contribute to their survival through the European Endangered Species Programme.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Red pandas are classified as endangered\u00a0(Image: Banham Zoo) The species are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List, with populations declining due to deforestation, habitat fragmentation and poaching.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is estimated that fewer than 2,500 remain in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Banham Zoo\u00a0has announced that twin red panda cubs were welcomed into the world on June 22. The pair&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-40145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}