How Human Observation Alter Red Panda Behaviour

Red Panda at Auckland Zoo, 2018. Photo: Sandy Millar – Unsplash

The ecology and environmental science blog of the Lincoln University in New Zealand has a story from Adrian Paterson about the study Activity Patterns of Captive Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) by Kathryn Bugler, that was published in the journal Animals.

The presence of people changes red panda behaviour, but so does the presence of a trail camera.

👉 Lincoln University’s ecology department blog