Ponya, a red panda, arrives at Beardsley Zoo

Ponya, a red panda, arrives at Beardsley Zoo

Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport has a new addition –an 11-month-old female red panda named Ponya. She is making her public debut this week in the Natt Family Red Panda Habitat. Ponya made the move from the Detroit Zoo to Connecticut as part of a collaborative effort to ensure the long-term survival of red pandas through carefully managed breeding programs, according...