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Female panda Meng Meng gave birth to – not one, but two – cubs at Berlin Zoo on August 31, 2019. It is the first panda offspring in Germany. Six-year-old Meng Meng and her two cubs have survived the birth well and are in good health," explained zoo director Andreas Knieriem.
On loan from China, Meng Meng and male panda Jiao Qing arrived in Berlin in June 2017 to great fanfare.
This handout picture released on September 2, 2019 by the Berlin Zoo shows the unnamed panda twins during their first veterinary care. It is the first panda offspring born in Germany. Meng Meng gave birth to twins on August 31, 2019. /VCG Photo
Male giant panda Jiao Qing in his enclosure at Berlin Zoo, September 2, 2019. Jiao Qing became a father. As the zoo announced on September 2, 2019, its resident panda Meng Meng had delivered twins on August 31, 2019. /VCG Photo
Female giant panda Meng Meng. /VCG Photo
Male giant panda Jiao Qing, September 2, 2019. /VCG Photo
Male giant panda Jiao Qing. /VCG Photo
Jiao Qing in Berlin Zoo. /VCG Photo
Meng Meng, together with a male panda Jiao Qing, arrived at the Berlin Zoo in June 2017 from a panda breeding and research base in Chengdu, southwest China. She is officially the most welcomed panda abroad, after winning the first place in 2018 in the category of "Favorite Panda Outside of China" at the Giant Panda Global Awards, dubbed the Oscars of the panda world.
(Cover image via VCG)
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