The zoo's chief veterinarian, Donald Neiffer, told USA Today: “Despite extreme efforts on the part of our dedicated staff, we weren’t able to change things,”
Vets were subsequently investigating why the cub had died.
This is not the first time that Mei Xiang has lost a cub. A stillborn cub was born in 2013. And in 2012, Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub that died after just six days.
Mei Xiang has two other surviving cubs, born in 2005 and 2013.
