Giant Panda Cub Dies

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Summary

The National Zoological Park's Giant Panda Ling-Ling's first cub dies approximately three hours after its birth at 3:18 a.m.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," August 1983, p. 1.

Contact information

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

Date

July 21, 1983

Topic

  • Animals
  • Deaths
  • Giant panda
  • Childbirth

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