Singapore zoo breeds first panda cub 

A panda bred by process of artificial insemination became born in Singapore’s zoo on Saturday, the first cub to be born within the metropolis-sigh.

Jia Jia, the zoo’s 12-twelve months-extinct female huge panda, gave start to the cub after she became inseminated with frozen semen from 13-twelve months-extinct Kai Kai, Wildlife Reserves Singapore announced on Sunday.

After loads of failed makes an attempt in previous years, the zoo’s animal carers—working with experts from China—hoped the pandas would mate naturally however within the end decided to utilize artificial insemination.

“Jia Jia’s first being pregnant and start of a cub is a vital milestone for us within the care of this threatened species in Singapore,” acknowledged Cheng Wen-Haur, Wildlife Reserves Singapore’s deputy CEO, in a press liberate.

“That is the close outcomes of factual animal care, assisted reproductive science and sheer perseverance on the part of our workers coupled with precious advice from the China panda experts.”

The pandas are on a 10-twelve months loan from China and arrived in Singapore in 2012.

Panda reproduction—in captivity or within the wild—is notoriously sophisticated, experts pronounce, as few of the animals bag within the mood or, even when they attain, attain now not know clear-gash how one can mate.

Additional complicating issues, the window for belief is small since female pandas are in heat simplest once a twelve months, for roughly 24-48 hours.

The huge panda is listed as a inclined species by the Global Union for Conservation of Nature, with fewer than 2,000 thought to dwell within the wild.

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