A zoo staff feeds "Youyou"
the butter cake that was made to celebrate her one-year
birthday.
Panda lady "Youyou" celebrated her one-year birthday on
Wednesday at the Chongqing Zoo, in southwestern China's Chongqing
municipality.
"Youyou" was the daughter of panda "Yaya". Unfortunately, her
twin sister was fatally crushed by their mom, when she fell asleep
after caring for the newborn cubs for 56 hours straight. "Youyou"
was then sent to the Wolong natural reserve and was raised by
artificial feeding.
"Youyou" came back to the zoo this February.
Newborn giant panda cubs are small and weak. They usually have
to experience seven crucial stages during their first year. Guo
Wei, a chief engineer in the zoo, said that celebrating the
one-year birthday means "Youyou" has passed the most difficult
times.
The zoo prepared a butter cake for "Youyou" to celebrate the
happy occasion. A local enterprise in Chongqing donated 200,000
yuan (about US$26,518), to the birthday girl. The donation will be
used to improve the living space of the giant pandas, according to
the zoo.
(CRI.cn September 7, 2007)
