WATCH: Surviving baby panda closely monitored at French zoo

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WATCH: Surviving baby panda closely monitored at French zoo

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The first baby panda born in France is now nearly a month old and in good health, growing under the watchful eyes of his mother and zookeepers

SAINT-AIGNAN-SUR-CHER, France – The first baby panda born in France is now nearly a month old and in good health, growing under the watchful eyes of his mother and zookeepers.

There was joy and pain last August 4 as the zoo’s only female panda gave birth to twins, but one died soon afterwards.

Huan Huan, on loan to Beauval zoo in central France from China, delivered the first cub at 10:18 pm (2018 GMT) and the second at 10:32.

But soon after birth, the first, which weighed just 121 grams (4.2 ounces), began having problems breathing and died despite the best efforts of zoo staff.

Visitors will have to wait three months to see the family in their enclosure, when the baby panda will have opened its eyes and be covered in hair. In the meantime, visitors can watch a film of the pandas on giant screens.

Nine-year-old Huan Huan and her male partner Yuan Zi arrived at Beauval zoo in January 2012 on a 10-year loan from China after intense negotiations between Paris and Beijing.

Breeding pandas is notoriously difficult and this is the first time a cub has been born in France. – Rappler.com

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