Zoo Atlanta To Unveil Panda Cub’s Name
The only giant panda cub born at a U.S. zoo this year will soon have a name.
Published: December 8, 2008
ATLANTA (AP) - The only giant panda cub born at a U.S. zoo this year will soon have a name.
Zoo Atlanta is unveiling the moniker Monday in a ceremony. The cub was born Aug. 31, but Chinese tradition dictates zookeepers wait until he is 100 days old to choose a name.
The name was selected in an online poll on the zoo’s Web site. It was chosen from a list of 12 suggestions given by zoo officials, zoo members, local media and China’s Chengdu panda reserve.
Chengdu owns Zoo Atlanta’s panda couple, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, and the cubs.
The cub is the second one born at Zoo Atlanta. Mei Lan was born in 2006.
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On the Net:
Zoo Atlanta: ZooAtlanta.org
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I have been watching Zoo Atlanta’s panda cam since Lun Lun and Yang Yang arrived from China and Mei Lan was born in 2006. They are discontuing the online camera the end of December due to lack of funding. Surely, with corporate sponsors such as Delta Airlines and Turner Broadcasting they can get funding to run the camera. I have been watching Xi Lan since he was born in September. He is adorable and I will miss seeing him learn to walk and do all the cute things baby pandas do. I live too far away to visit the zoo often.
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