The first panda cub born abroad this year is the birth pup of "Wuwen", a giant panda in the Netherlands
China News Network, Chengdu, May 3 (Anyuan Wang Peng) A reporter learned from the China Giant Panda Conservation Research Center (hereinafter referred to as the Panda Center) on the 3rd that the center's giant panda "Wu Wen" living in the Netherlands was on May 1 local time A panda cub was born on the day. This is the first panda cub born abroad in 2020. At present, "Wu Wen" and cubs are healthy.
The picture shows the giant panda "Wu Wen" giving birth. Photo courtesy of China Panda Conservation Research Center
According to reports, on January 18 this year, with the joint efforts of the panda center and the team of experts at the Ouweihan Zoo in the Netherlands, the giant pandas "Wu Wen" and "Xing Ya" successfully completed two natural matings. During the period before farrowing, the giant panda "Wu Wen" stayed in the delivery room more frequently and was restless and cunnilingus frequently. At about 1:30 a.m. local time on May 1, local panda cubs were born safely.
The picture shows the giant panda "Wu Wen" giving birth. Photo courtesy of China Panda Conservation Research Center
"I am unable to say how happy I am when the baby panda is born. This is the good news that each of us has been expecting for a long time. I congratulate the nursing staff of the panda. Because of their patience and professionalism, this baby panda can Breeding and birth in a natural way. "Zoo head Marcel Bockhorn said that the cubs need to stay with the mother" Wu Wen "in the delivery room for a few more months before they can enter the panda hall together.
It is reported that animal care workers will closely monitor the development of this cub through the camera. The sex of the cub is currently unknown. At the same time, the expert team of the Panda Center will always maintain close contact with the Ouweihan Zoo in the Netherlands to provide guidance and help for the post-natal rearing care of the giant panda "Wu Wen" and the rearing management of the pups.
The picture shows the giant panda "Wu Wen" giving birth. Photo courtesy of China Panda Conservation Research Center
The giant pandas "Wu Wen" and "Xingya" departed from the Panda Center in April 2017 and lived in the Ouweihan Zoo in the Netherlands to carry out a 15-year giant panda scientific research cooperation. The Oweihan Zoo in the Netherlands has invested more than 7 million euros to prepare a luxurious panda pavilion Pandasia with a total area of 9000 square meters for two pandas. The living area of the panda is 3400 square meters, which is currently the world ’s largest indoor activity area for pandas. .
Up to now, the Panda Center has established giant panda scientific research cooperation relations with 16 zoos in 14 countries around the world and is the world's largest national giant panda scientific research cooperation and exchange platform. There are currently 33 giant pandas living overseas, and a total of 23 giant pandas have been bred and survived, of which 18 have returned to the panda center, forming the world's largest giant panda returnee population. (Finish)