New red pandas at zoo facility prompt recollection of escaper, Rusty.
On a day devoted to reflection on liberty and freedom, the announcement aroused recollection of Rusty, a red panda who fled the National Zoo in 2013.
Later Rusty was transferred to the Front Royal facility, a move, the zoo said, that was intended to give him and his mate an environment more conducive to breeding. Red pandas have been designated an endangered species.They were sent to Front Royal to breed and to help conservation scientists better understand their health, the zoo statement said.
In addition to their striped faces and ringed tails, one trait that characterizes red pandas is their adeptness at escape.
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