A giant panda born and raised in western Japan has given birth to two cubs, her second twin delivery, a zoo official said Thursday. Nine-year-old Rauhin gave birth to a female and a male cub Wednesday morning at the zoo in western Wakayama prefecture – where she has spent her whole life – after mating naturally with a panda brought from China. Rauhin was the first Japanese-born panda to breed when she gave birth to twin cubs in 2008. Her caretakers at the zoo conducted artificial insemination to improve Rauhin's chances of breeding two years ago, but the new babies were born as the result of natural mating with the Chinese male panda, the zoo said.
