Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

Good News Notes: “The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it. The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds…

National Zoo’s Mei Xiang Gives Birth To Baby Panda

Good News Notes: “Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the National Zoo in D.C., gave birth to a healthy panda cub on Friday at 6:35 p.m, the zoo has announced. Mama bear has already shown ‘positive mothering behaviors,’ Zoo wrote in a tweet. ‘She immediately picked up the cub and she’s cradling it,’ zoo spokesperson…

Patter of tiny paws: Giant panda gives birth at Dutch zoo

 Good News Notes: “A giant panda loaned by China to a Dutch zoo as part of a breeding pair has given birth to a cub, the zoo announced Saturday. The mother, Wu Wen, and her cub ‘are staying in the maternity den and are doing well,’ Ouwehands Zoo said in a statement. The zoo said…