November 3, 2014
Mariah Timms
News Writer
Virginia
A red panda cub that was rejected by his mother will soon be joined at a Virginia zoo by another orphaned red panda. The cub, named Archibald, was born at the Roanoke zoo on June 15, and has been bottle fed by zoo employees since soon after that time. The zoo considered moving Archibald, but the Association of Zoos and Aquariums decided in conjunction with its red panda survival program to send another orphaned cub to the Mill Mountain Zoo, according to the Associated Press. The group hopes the cubs will teach each other how to be red pandas. Archibald’s family, his parents and twin sister, are still in residence at the zoo.
