New babies at the Erie Zoo

Twin red pandas were born at the Erie Zoo in mid-June! With a total of 11 babies born there in recent years, it makes Erie one of the most successful U.S. zoos at breeding red pandas. I will be making a trip soon & will hopefully get some good pictures and videos to share!

Baby red panda adopted by cat dies :(

Baby red panda adopted by cat dies

Friday 18 July 2008

The baby red panda adopted by a domestic cat at Amsterdam's Artis zoo has died, the zoo authorities said on Friday.

A post mortem on the panda showed its windpipe was full of milk, meaning it had choked to death, the zoo said in a statement. The panda, an endangered species, had been making good progress.

The panda was one of two born on June 30 and abandoned by its mother hours later. The other baby died soon after birth. The cat, owned by a keeper, had just given birth to four kittens and readily accepted the new addition to her family.

From dutchnews.nl

Kitty adopts abandoned panda

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A zookeeper's house cat has adopted a baby red panda abandoned by its mother and is nursing the cub along with her own kittens, the Artis zoo said Wednesday.

The entire article can be found here.