Everland's panda Ai Bao gives birth to third cub

Everland, South Korea's prominent amusement park, is celebrating the arrival of a new giant panda cub. Ai Bao, a 12-year-old female panda, successfully gave birth to a healthy female cub on July 3rd. This marks her third successful delivery, adding to the park's growing panda family which includes Fu Bao, and twins Rui Bao and Hui Bao. The new cub weighed 171g at birth, a healthy weight comparable to her siblings.

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Ai Bao gave birth to a female cub on the 3rd, and both the mother and baby are currently healthy.

Both mother and cub are in stable condition and are under constant care from Everland's zookeepers and veterinarians. They are also receiving support from a specialized keeper dispatched from China's Panda Protection and Research Center. Ai Bao is reportedly handling motherhood with practiced ease, drawing on her past experiences.

The public debut of the cub will be determined once she can walk independently and has developed sufficient immunity. Until then, she will remain in the nursery area of Panda World with her mother. Previously, Fu Bao and the twins were introduced to the public around five to six months of age.

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Mom Ai Bao is skillfully and warmly taking care of the baby, utilizing her past experiences.

The birth comes at a time when Everland announced the upcoming return of the twin pandas, Rui Bao and Hui Bao, to China. As per international agreements for pandas born outside China, they are expected to return around their fourth birthday, a fate also met by their older sister, Fu Bao, who returned in April 2024. The new cub will eventually also be subject to these return protocols.

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We are very happy and grateful to meet another new life after Fu Bao, Rui Bao, and Hui Bao.