# @thetorontozoo on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTYaSuYie-K
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/41615465-thetorontozoo-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-11T19:02:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Toronto Zoo (@thetorontozoo) — https://gondola.cc/thetorontozoo

## Caption

The Red Pandas are branching out 🦊

In the coming days, the Red pandas will be relocated temporarily to a new habitat in the Africa Savanna (between the Lions and Hyenas) so that construction can begin on their new world-class, state of the art habitat.

Following construction and once relocated back to their existing Eurasia Wilds home, this new space will showcase two indoor day rooms, connected by an overhead tunnel allowing the red pandas to freely move between indoor and outdoor spaces 🐾

With increased public viewing and temperate indoor spaces, the expanded habitat will allow for year-round guest experiences and greater welfare and enrichment for both Kalden and Poppy who call your Toronto Zoo home.

Did you know? Listed as Endangered since 2015 by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), red pandas continue to see rapidly declining populations of mature animals. Populations have decreased more than 50% over the last three generations (18 years) and will continue to decline at accelerated rates over the next three generations. 

With a global population of fewer than 10,000 individuals, the red panda is a species in danger. This project will strengthen your Zoo’s ability to contribute to red panda conservation, ensuring that this iconic species can thrive both in human care and in the wild. 

This exciting new addition, coming soon to your Zoo and with thanks to our fundraising partners at the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy, will help secure a sustainable future for their endangered species. We will continue to keep you posted on our progress. 

As Kalden and Poppy settle into their new habitat in the Africa Savanna, and with regular access to their behind-the-scenes home, they may not always be visible to guests.

Learn more about our efforts (and donate today) at wildlifeconservancy.ca/redpanda 🦊 (Photos are sample renderings of what the new habitat may look like). #GuardiansofRedPandas

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