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Cubes at the Shanghai Wildlife Park
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THE Shanghai Wildlife Park has accumulated considerable experience the past two decades in the breeding and raising of new cubs, including those of endangered species.
The park has its own incubation center for newborns. Many of the inhabitants have been cubs abandoned by their mothers.
Cheetahs were one example. As early as in 2006, 40 cheetah cubs were born in the park and 31 survived, which broke the record in Asia. In 2011, a female cheetah was pregnant twice and gave birth to 12 cubs altogether. That was also a new record.
When cheetah mothers couldn't provide enough milk for their newborns, park officials used dogs to feed the cubs.
Other animals, such as African lions and Manchurian tigers, have also been successfully bred in the park. One of the most difficult cases involved a northern white-cheeked gibbon.
The gibbon, named Yuan Bao, was abandoned by her mother at birth. It was a cold night and the baby quickly began to lose heat. Handlers rushed her to the incubation center and immersed the cub in water at 37 degrees Celsius. Minutes later, Yuan Bao started to recover.
The handlers removed her from the water, dried her with a hair drier and gave her water and vitamins.
Her vital signs didn't stabilize until she had spent two months in the incubator, where she was monitored around the clock.
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