Quake surviving giant panda becomes a mom

Photo taken on Sept 1, 2015 shows a giant panda cub at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. The cub was born on Aug 9. It is the fifth newborn giant panda of the park over the past three years. Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn

A giant panda that survived a devastating earthquake seven years ago gave a birth to a cub at a zoo in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, last month, according to the zoo.

Tingting, translated as "being slim", was transferred to the Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park in June 2008 after an earthquake destroyed its home in Wolong, Sichuan province.

Born in 2005, she delivered a female cub on August 9, which now weighs 865 grams.

"The baby giant panda is in healthy condition as the mother looks after it very carefully," said Dong Guixin, general manager of the safari park.

The cub is the fifth to be born in the Guangzhou zoo since 2013.

In July last year, Juxiao gave birth to triplets creating a world first given the animals' notoriously low reproductive rate.

After the latest birth the Guangzhou zoo has 14 giant pandas in total.