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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sammy Gecsoyler

Whipsnade zoo ‘ecstatic’ at birth of endangered red panda twins

Red panda cubs born at Whipsnade zoo
ZSL says the cubs’ sex is yet to be determined. Each weighed 113g at birth. Photograph: ZSL/PA

The birth of twin red panda cubs at Whipsnade zoo offers “double hope for the species” whose existence is under threat, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has said.

ZSL, which runs the zoo in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, announced the birth of the twins on Wednesday. They were born last month, on 25 June, to the red pandas Ruby and Nilo, and will be given names after their first vet visit at eight weeks.

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