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Denver Zoo Welcomes New Red Panda Named Chewbacca

DENVER (CBS4) - The Denver Zoo is welcoming a new addition.

Chewbacca is a six-year-old red panda.

The zoo brought him in to keep the zoo's other red panda, Daisy, company.

Chewbacca comes from the Detroit Zoo.

Red pandas are considered a "vulnerable species" -- there are less than 2,500 adult red pandas in the wild.

LINK: Denver Zoo

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