Khumbie and his favorite biscuits

behind the scenes

June 5th 2016
Today was all about the Philadelphia Zoo. I was lucky enough to have a great tour guide in Donna who allowed me access to a behind the scenes area to meet an almost 2 year old male red panda named Khumbie and his keeper, Christina O'donnell. Khumbie is a very sweet boy who came this past winter from the Erie Zoo and is getting ready to be introduced to one of the Philadelphia Zoo's other red panda ... read more

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Alana Kardon

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My ultimate dream of meeting a red panda was realized in 2015 when my husband and I visited New Zealand's Auckland Zoo. I cannot describe the joy I felt in that moment, but it was so profound that, since then, I have been trying to find a way to devote a portion of my life to these amazing animals. While on a roadtrip with my sister and our children this spring, a crazy idea came to me--I would find every red panda in the continental United States and I would visit them. Part of this project will be research and interviews to learn as much as I can about how the red pandas are faring in captiv... full info

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