SINGAPORE - When Singapore's first giant panda cub was born at the River Safari earlier this month, the country welcomed its arrival with much excitement.
Conservationists have reason to cheer too - as offspring from breeding programmes such as the ones for giant pandas can help to boost the numbers of wild species threatened with extinction.
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