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Helping Kai Kai and Jia Jia become Papa and Mama
It is notoriously difficult to get pandas in captivity to conceive, but at the Singapore Zoo, keepers are hoping that, with a little help from science, it will be fourth time lucky for Kai Kai and Jia Jia. Samantha Boh and Wang Hui Fen, who were given an exclusive behind-the- scenes look at how the procedure was performed, take you through the mammoth effort
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SINGAPORE - It is the witching hour, and 20 people have gathered at the zoo to work their magic.
All eyes are on senior veterinarian Abraham Mathew, who has in his hands a teaspoon's worth of milky liquid, the fruit of hours of effort.
