Two baby pandas born at France's Beauval zoo
France welcomed the birth of two baby pandas
Location: Beauval Zoo, Saint-Aignan
Zoo staff cheered as they watched surveillance camera footage
of female panda Huan Huan giving birth
and later holding her babies
[BEAUVAL ZOO HEAD VETERINARIAN, BAPTISTE MULOT]
"This is an incredible moment since we have two babies. This was the case four years ago, but one of the two did not survive. Right now, we have two wonderful babies that are in great shape. The first one that we took weighed 149 grammes, and that's a great weight for a baby panda. And the second one seems very lively in the arms of its mum, and for now, she does not want to give him away at all and she's completely focused on her baby, so we'll see. I think we'll wait a bit before taking the baby."
Huan Huan came to France on loan from China in 2012
Her arrival was hailed as a sign of warming diplomatic ties
between Paris and Beijing
