Austria – Rare Birth - Panda Born in Zoo

Natural birth of birth of Pandas in zoos is a rare occurrence. The standard practice in zoo is artificial insemination. Viennaa’s Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo on Thursday celebrated the natural birth of a panda cub. The mother Yang Yang and mate Long Hui are on extended loan from China. The gestation period was 127 days. The last panda born in a zoo in Europe was in 1982 in Madrid.