The National Zoo in Washington DC have stated that Mei Xiang NameMei Xiang Chinese Names美香 Stud Number473 Date of Birth1998-Jul-22 SexFemale Current LocationSmithsonian's National Zoo Born atWOLONG MotherXue Xue - #444 FatherLIn Nan - #298 and Tian Tian NameTian Tian Stud Number458 Date of Birth-- SexMale Current LocationSmithsonian's National Zoo Born atWOLONG MotherYong Ba - #397 FatherPan Pan - #308 have been given the privacy of the panda pavilion, as Mei Xiang NameMei Xiang Chinese Names美香 Stud Number473 Date of Birth1998-Jul-22 SexFemale Current LocationSmithsonian's National Zoo Born atWOLONG MotherXue Xue - #444 FatherLIn Nan - #298 has come in to season.

The pair did attempt natural mating but it seems that it was unsuccessful so specialists from China suggested that Mei Xiang NameMei Xiang Chinese Names美香 Stud Number473 Date of Birth1998-Jul-22 SexFemale Current LocationSmithsonian's National Zoo Born atWOLONG MotherXue Xue - #444 FatherLIn Nan - #298 should be Artificially Inseminated with previously frozen semen from Tian Tian NameTian Tian Stud Number458 Date of Birth-- SexMale Current LocationSmithsonian's National Zoo Born atWOLONG MotherYong Ba - #397 FatherPan Pan - #308 . This procedure was applied twice.

Now it is down to mother nature to see if Mei Xiang NameMei Xiang Chinese Names美香 Stud Number473 Date of Birth1998-Jul-22 SexFemale Current LocationSmithsonian's National Zoo Born atWOLONG MotherXue Xue - #444 FatherLIn Nan - #298 can give birth to her second cub. Her first infamous cub was born in 2005 and has since gone to China to be involved with the breeding program over there.