Zoo turns to artificial insemination as 'porn' fails

After panda porn failed to spark amor, Thai zoo authorities turned yesterday to artificial insemination in the hope of impregnating their lone female giant panda.

Authorities at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand inseminated Lin Hui with semen from her cage-mate, Chuang Chuang, yesterday morning and will repeat the procedure today. The artificial insemination is a last ditch effort to get Lin Hui pregnant, after videos of pandas having sex failed to entice Chuang Chuang into mating with his partner.

"He just didn't want to mate. He was looking at her as a friend," said Sophon Dummui, director-general of Thai Zoo Organization of Thailand which oversees the Chiang Mai Zoo.