Panda to make public debut in Taiwan
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The first Taiwan-born giant panda cub was unveiled to the media yesterday in a warm-up for her highly anticipated public debut tomorrow.
Yuan Zai agilely climbed up and down for most of her 30-minute media preview inside an exhibition enclosure, as mother Yuan Yuan sat lazily aside munching bamboos.
“Yuan Zai is growing bigger and bigger. She is very robust and is gaining strength.
“After evaluation she can meet the public in two days,” Taipei Zoo spokesman Chao Ming-chieh said.
Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams at birth, now weighs about 14 kilograms. She will turn six months old tomorrow, the day of her public debut.
More than 7,000 people have made reservations so far for a 10-minute viewing of Yuan Zai, while others will have to queue for a glimpse at the cub, Chao said.
Taipei Zoo will increase the daily visitor quota of the panda hall to 24,000, from 19,200, during the Lunar New Year period starting January 31 in anticipation of big crowds.
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