The female cub was born at Bristol Zoo Project to first-time parents Neora and Laya on June 26.<\/p>\n
She has now received her first veterinary health check and is said to be healthy and feeding well.<\/p>\n
Until now the cub, weighing 780g, has been looked after by mother Laya in nest boxes in the red panda habitat.<\/p>\n
But now, at almost two months old, she is expected to emerge from the boxes to start exploring further.<\/p>\n
Nigel Simpson, head of zoo animals at Bristol Zoo Project, said: \u201cWe are all thrilled to see Neora and Laya\u2019s new cub thriving.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a first-time mum, Laya has done a fantastic job of caring for her cub and ensuring it is safe, fed and well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a huge conservation win for this endangered species. The wild population is thought to be as low as 2,500 individuals, threatened by habitat loss and poaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cLaya and Neora arrived at Bristol Zoo Project in 2024 as part of EAZA\u2019s critical breeding programme to help protect the species, which we are a part of. So the cub\u2019s arrival is very special indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The zoo is now asking members of the public to help name the cub.<\/p>\n
Keepers have shortlisted three names \u2013 Asha meaning \u2018hope\u2019 in Nepali\/Sanskrit, Banita meaning \u2018cherished\u2019 in Nepali\/Sanskrit and Malika meaning \u2018flower bud\u2019 in Nepali.<\/p>\n
Red pandas are native to the eastern Himalayas and south-western China.<\/p>\n
They spend most of the day resting in trees, conserving their energy, and are usually solitary creatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The female cub was born at Bristol Zoo Project to first-time parents Neora and Laya on June 26.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115079109933197775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}