In 2010, Xingxing, a 14-year-old male from Wolong Nature Reserve, died at Oji Zoo in Kobe, Japan, after he was given an anesthetic so keepers could collect sperm.
A week-old cub died of pneumonia at Tokyo Zoo in July, while in September a cub of similar age born at the US National Zoo in Washington DC died of liver disease.
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