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A baby giant panda died at a Tokyo zoo today, less than a week after becoming the first to be born at the facility in 24 years. <\/strong>The birth had created excitement across Japan, and the nation was mourning the baby’s death.<\/p>\n

Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo said the male panda, who had not been named yet, died of pneumonia.<\/strong> A zookeeper found the baby, who was born last Thursday, lying belly up, without breathing, on his 7-year-old mother’s chest.<\/p>\n

He was pronounced dead an hour later, after resuscitation efforts failed.<\/p>\n

In a news conference broadcast live, Yutaka Fukuda, the zoo’s chief panda keeper, said milk had accidentally entered the baby’s airway while his mother, Shin Shin, was breast-feeding. Autopsy results found traces of milk in the baby’s bronchial tube.<\/p>\n

The baby panda had been kept in an incubator for three days before being sent back to Shin Shin on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The panda was the first to be born at the zoo since 1988 and was conceived naturally.<\/strong> Giant pandas have a low birth rate, and artificial insemination is common in captive breeding programs.<\/p>\n

His mother was brought from China just before Japan’s tsunami and earthquake disasters last year.<\/strong> The much anticipated baby, the first born to Shin Shin, had been celebrated across Japan, and the news of his death topped afternoon television news.<\/p>\n

The zoo said it would set up a space for visitors to lay flowers and pray for the dead panda.<\/p>\n

Less than half of newborn pandas survive more than a week, Fukuda said, citing Chinese panda experts. The rate is even worse for pandas born to first-time mothers, he said.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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