A six-month-old giant panda cub was unveiled to the media at Tokyo¡¯s Ueno Zoo on Monday, becoming the zoo¡¯s first to debut in 29 years.
¡°We started a panda breeding program in 2010 but it¡¯s not easy to make these animals produce a cub,¡± Yutaka Fukuda, head of the zoo, said at a ceremony on the zoo¡¯s premises. ¡°We¡¯re happy and proud of our success.¡±
He stressed that female Xiang Xiang is the zoo¡¯s first cub born as a result of natural mating, and expressed hope the parents¡¯ further reproductive attempts will be successful.
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