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By Aimee Turcotte  At Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, we have two Red Pandas, Ponya and Pilatus (Pilot). Ponya is a female born on June 17th, 2024, and Pilot is a male born on June 11th, 2024. Ponya came to the Beardsley Zoo on May 6th, 2025, from the Detroit Zoological Society in Michigan. Pilot arrived at the Beardsley Zoo on June 28th, 2025, from the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee. Ponya and Pilot live together with the expectation that they will breed, supporting their Species Survival Plan (SSP). The Red Panda SSP aims to protect Red Panda populations through coordinated breeding efforts. Ponya and Pilot were first introduced to each other at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo at the end of July 2025.
Our Animal Care Specialists implement comprehensive measures to look after the well-being of our Red Pandas. Our Red Pandas are fed daily with food such as leaf-eater biscuits, bamboo, cranberries, grapes, apples, and pears. The amount of food left over after each meal is recorded to check that our Red Pandas are eating a healthy and balanced diet. Ponya and Pilot are also weighed monthly, ensuring they are not losing or gaining too much weight, which could be a sign of underlying health issues.
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Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is a 501(c)(3) not for profit owned and operated by the Connecticut Zoological Society.
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