Second Giant Panda Cub Born to Mei Xiang at National Zoo Dies

Summary

• The National Zoo's Giant Pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian's second cub dies after only 6 1/2 days. The cub, which began to be in distress around 9:17 a.m. on September 23, 2012, was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. The cub had underdeveloped lungs that led to liver problems.
• On July 9, 2005, Mei Xiang had given birth to her and Tian Tian's first cub, Tai Shan. Tai Shan returned to China on February 4, 2010, and lives at the Bifengxia Panda Base, in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.

Subject

• Tian Tian
• Mei Xiang
• National Zoological Park (U.S.) Panda House
• National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

• The image is of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian on their first day at the National Zoo in 2000, negative #2000-11244.24a
• Michael E. Ruane and Victor Zapana, "Giant panda cub dies at National Zoo," Washington Post, September 23, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/newborn-giant-panda-cub-dies-at-national-zoo/2012/09/23/e58c19f8-019b-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_story.html.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

September 23, 2012

Topic

• Animals
• Deaths
• Births
• Giant panda

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