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Indonesia Welcomes First Local Panda Cub, Rio!

12/7/2025

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Satrio Wiratama, nicknamed Rio, is Indonesia's first locally born giant panda cub.
He was born on November 27 at Taman Safari Indonesia in Cisarua, West Java.
The 15-year-old mother Hu Chun and the cub are under 24-hour monitoring and not yet accessible to the public to protect health.
The birth is part of a decade-long panda partnership that began in 2017.

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Satrio Wiratama, nicknamed Rio, is Indonesia's first locally born giant panda cub.
He was born on November 27 at Taman Safari Indonesia in Cisarua, West Java.
The 15-year-old mother Hu Chun and the cub are under 24-hour monitoring and not yet accessible to the public to protect health.
The birth is part of a decade-long panda partnership that began in 2017.