Red panda dress. Photo by Edward Colleli
Each of these outfits are made by 100% sustainable materials, and each represents a threatened animal in great need of conservation! To learn more about the campaign, designers, and magnificent animals, please visit: http://www.gabbywild.com/12-in-12-for-12.php
Sumatran tiger dress. Photo by Ken Kawamoto
Red Panda (photo courtesy of KJ Corry)
As many of you know, for the entire month of June Andy South, The Zoological Society of London’s EDGE of Existence Programme, and myself worked together to raise awareness and funds for the beautiful red panda who lives in the threatened so-called “lungs of Asia”. (more…)
Red Panda (photo from Wikipedia)
It’s the only one of its kind. Literally. The red panda is not part of the bear family and is not a strange variant to the giant panda. The red panda is alone in its genus, making it the only species in the family Ailuridae. Everyone has had trouble truly deciding where in the “evolutionary tree” it belongs because of its similarities to the raccoon family (Procyonidae), bear family (Ursidae), and the giant panda (Ailuropodidae). But do you know which “panda” was discovered first?
