At the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington a tradegy has occured. A baby panda bear, six days old, has died of no clear reason. The bear died a couple of days ago at the zoo when the zookeepers heard the mother panda, Mei Xiang, honk in distress. They found the cub not breathing and with no heartbeat. The necropsy showed unusual fluid in the cub's abdomen and its liver, which could of caused or contributed to the death. The zoo has been curently grieving because the mother panda has had five failed pregnancies and was hoping this would be the one. The zoo also believed the baby panda would increase the attendance by half-million people this year.
My resource: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/24/us/national-zoo-panda/index.html?hpt=us_c1
The author of this article is Michael Pearson, from CNN. The author is compassionate in his writing towards the zoo and the pandas. This article takes place in the Washington zoo. This article is written for animal people who care what is happening with our endangered animals. This article informs the public what is going on with animals in the world.
This subject touches me because I really care about the safety and health of animals
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad! I hate to hear about this kind of stuff even though it is just the natural circle of life.
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