Tokyo (Reuters) – a bear panda that was born at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo died of pneumonia Wednesday, less than a week after her expected birth was received with great enthusiasm.

the cub was found motionless, unless his heart beat and resting on the belly of its mother. it was carried to an incubator but efforts to revive him failed, said those responsible for the zoo.

“It seems that when the baby was being breastfed, it might have inhaled some milk, which caused a pneumonia”, said the director of the zoo, Toshimitsu Doi, in press. wheel

the mother of the panda, Shin Shin, arrived from China in February 2011 with your partner, Ri Ri. both were exposed to the public shortly after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the next month, giving Japan a joy after so much misfortune.

the Hoffnungen, das ein neuer Panda geboren wurde angekommen, nachdem beide Paarung Anfang dieses Jahres aufgenommen wurden, und Shin Shin, sieben Jahre, 5. Juli gebar. war der erste Panda geboren im Zoo in Ueno in 24 Jahren.

Wachstum der Cub wurde durch Kommunikation auf einer täglichen Basis gefolgt, mit, die den weißhaarigen Welpen zeigten, Fernsehbilder wabernde in den Inkubator oder gestreichelt wird, auf die Brust seiner Mutter Besucher strömten in Scharen in den Zoo.

“sind wirklich traurig was passiert. Es ist alles, was ich sagen kann, “sagte Yutaka Fukuda, stellvertretender Direktor des Zoos.