Giant pandas live in the wild in a few mountain ranges situated in central China, in the provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Gansu. They once lived mostly in lowland zones, but with increasing forest clearing, farming, and other human development, the giant pandas were forced to move to the mountains. The number of wild giant panda bears is estimated to a couple of thousands which makes them an endangered However there are some reports that say the number of wild pandas is cur- rently on the rise.
