Happiness is a Red Panda: Peter at his new home at Marwell Zoo. Photo: Jason Brown
Three-year-old Red Panda Peter has moved from the Dutch Gaia Zoo to the Marwell Zoo in Hampshire (UK), where he joins the female Red Panda Mei Mei in a newly designed enclosure.
“Peter has settled in really well to his new home with Mei Mei. They don’t seem fazed by one another and Peter has done a lot of relaxing and snoozing, which is what we’d expected,” says Carrie Arnold, animal keeper at Marwell Zoo.
A lot of things to explore for Peter. Photo: Jason Brown
The zoo hopes that the couple will be able to provide offspring in the future.
Mei Mei and Peter’s new enclosure features planted bamboo, thick low-lying bushes, coniferous and deciduous trees as well as climbing structures for the pandas to pass people overhead.
Peter is only three years old, but already a hot contender for the most photogenic Red Panda of 2019. Photo: Jason Brown
The new home also has multi-level viewing windows, giving visitors a good chance to see the Red Pandas.
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