There's actual Norrathian precident here. Pandas were in Stonebrunt Mountains in EQ1, although they were never major players. We had a preview of the wireframe animations of them at Fan Faire :)
I'm not sure, but I don't know if you can slaughter them, either. They're a faction that you'll be working for.
But maybe there are some rogue ones out there somewhere that you can mess with...
/sigh, if I'm gonna be working for them, I guess I'll have to get used to it... Ya know, act nicey nice while getting the quest, while all the while picturing what my necro would do to them...