Celebrate red pandas on International Red Panda Day (IRPD) while helping us save the last of the first panda!
When: Saturday, September 17, 2022 (the third Saturday of September every year)
Where: Check with your local zoo or school for event details. Stay tuned for virtual events too!
How can you celebrate IRPD 2022? Here are 5 ways:
One of the most important goals of IRPD is to engage youth in education and conservation. Why? Because kids are the future of red panda conservation! Learn more about our Red Panda Ranger program.
Register your event! Join thousands of people at zoos and organizations all around the world. Stay tuned for a list of participating organizations and check with your local zoo or school for event details.
Help us save the last of the first panda — and have fun doing it!
And share your love for red pandas and win awesome prizes in the Fifteen for the First Panda video challenge!
Read 15 Fantastic Facts About Red Pandas and visit our facts webpage and factsheet. Please share your favorite fact with your friends! Check out these illustrated fact banners and sample posts below:
Save the last of the first pandas by donating here or purchasing the official IRPD 2022 t-shirt!
Win awesome prizes by sharing your love for red pandas in the Fifteen for the First Panda video challenge!
Thank you to the zoos and schools around the world for helping us to celebrate IRPD 2022!
Akron Zoo, Akron, OH, USA
Assiniboine Park Conservancy & Zoo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines, IA, USA
We plan to celebrate the day with educational activities and games.
Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero, CA, USA
Come celebrate International Red Panda day at the Charles Paddock Zoo on September 17th. Learn more about these extraordinary animals! We will be having fun activities throughout the day,
including a Red Panda Zookeeper talk.
Colchester Zoo, Colchester, Essex, England
Dierenrijk - Stichting Wildlife, Mierlo, Noord- Brabant, Netherlands
IRPD in Dierenrijk, find us at the panda enclosure.
Flamingo Land, Kirby Misperton, Malton, North Yorkshire, England
Giardino Zoologico di Pistoia, Pistoia, PT, Italy
Green Bay AAZK, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Join us on Saturday, September 17 from 10 – 2 pm to celebrate IRPD. Participate in our scavenger hunt by taking a stroll through Revolution Ridge and see if you can spot our red
panda icons – each one shares a fun fact about red pandas! You can also stop by educational tables located along the path between the Shearer Animal Hospital and Conservation Center and
the red panda exhibit. Here you can find out more about their adaptations, diet, and conservation efforts – you can even try your hand at walking like a red panda! Paintings created by
our very own red pandas will be available for purchase, with proceeds going toward red panda conservation.
Greenville Zoo, Greenville, SC, USA
Hemker Park & Zoo, Freeport, Minnesota, USA
Hemker Park & Zoo will be celebrating International Red Panda Day on Saturday, Sept. 17th!
Kumamoto City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Kumamoto City, Japan
Lake District Wildlife Park,
Keswick, Cumbria, England
L'espace Zoologique Saint Martin-La-Plaine, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, France
Naturschutz-Tierpark Görlitz, Goerlitz, Saxony, Germany
Ogrod Zoologiczny, Opole, Poland
Omuta City Zoo, Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan
Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
On the weekend of the 20th and 21st August for Red Panda Awareness Paradise Wildlife Park will be holding a very special Red Panda Weekend. This weekend will be dedicated to celebrating
all Red Panda's whilst raising vital funds and awareness for the Red Panda Network. This weekend will be part of your general admissions ticket and you will not require an additional ticket
to enjoy our animal weekend.
Parc Animalier d'Auvergne, Ardes, France
Parc de Cleres, Clères, France
Parc Merveilleux, Bettembourg, Luxembourg
Parco Faunistico La Torbiera, Agrate Conturbia, Italy
We are waiting for you on Saturday 17th September to celebrate the international day of the red panda
Pueblo Zoo, Pueblo, CO, USA
Reserve Zoologique de la Haute Touche, Azay-le-Ferron, France
Ross Park Zoo, Binghamton, NY, USA
During IRPD there will be animal spotlights on the Red Panda and current conservation work from Red Panda Network. In the evening there will be a lantern festival, Illumination for
Conservation. This festival highlights red pandas as one of our zoo's endangered species, and a corresponding conservation organization to raise funds.
Rotterdam Zoo, Rotterdam, Nederland
Saitama Children's Zoo, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan
Safaripark Beekse Bergen - Stichting Wildlife, Hilvarenbeek, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
IRPD in Beekse Bergen, find us at the panda enclosure.
South Lakes Safari Zoo, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Symbio Wildlife Park, Helensburgh, NSW, Australia
Terres de Natae, Pont-Scorff, France
Woburn Safari Park,
Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
We are hosting an outreach programme with the school children in Kolkata, West Bengal. We are working with "Shibrampur Madhyamik High School for Girls" where the team of ZSI will spread
red panda conservation and awareness by viewing a red panda documentary, distributing flyers, pamphlets, and knowledge products with the school children and faculty members. The research
undertaken by ZSI in the last five years will be discussed and translated into a language that can be readily understood by school children.
Zoo d'Amiens, Amiens, France
Zoo de La Boissiere-du-Dore, La Boissière-du-Doré, France
Zoo de Lille, Lille, France
Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
Zoo Atlanta will be holding activities to celebrate and spotlighting red pandas for the day
Zoo Dortmund, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
We will conduct our Red Panda Day on September 18th
Zoo Duisburg, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Zoo Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Zoo Montana, Billings, Montana, USA
This year will be our third celebration of International Red Panda Day. All day we will be providing educational resources about Red Panda conservation for our guests. Along with Animal Care
Staff chats about red panda care, conservation, and even some fun games to play. All proceeds made from our celebration will go directly to Red Panda Network!
Zoo Wroc?aw Wroc?aw, Polska
