A female Polar bear cub was born on New Years Day and rejected by its mum and ended up having to be hand reared.
According to staff at at Penglai Ocean and Polar Region World, an aquarium in China's eastern Shandong Province the cub is in stable condition. Weighing in at only half a kilogram and being bottle fed, the female cub is being kept in an incubator after she had problems with her digestion system.
The cub also was suffering from severe malnutrition due to lack of her mothers milk.Aquarium staff are optimistic about her future however, stating that the cub is no longer in critical condition and will be ready for her first public appearance in six months' time.
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