France鈥檚 first baby panda Yuan Meng celebrates his first birthday with a birthday cake composed of bamboo, honey, apples, oranges, strawberries and lemons, at the ZooParc de Beauval in Beauval, central France, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Yuan Meng weighs about 30 kilograms (66 pounds), has recently started eating bamboo and still suckles his mother Huan Huan鈥檚 milk.聽 AP
PARIS, France 鈥� France鈥檚 first baby panda celebrated his first birthday Saturday with a cake of bamboo, honey, apples, oranges, strawberries and lemons.
The panda named Yuan Meng 鈥� which means 鈥渁ccomplishment of a dream鈥� 鈥� weighs about 30 kilograms (66 pounds). He has recently started eating bamboo while still suckling milk from his mother, Huan Huan.
For the occasion Saturday, the Beauval Zoo south of Paris was open for free to all visitors born on Aug. 4.
Yuan Meng鈥檚 mother and father Yuan Zi are at Beauval on a 10-year loan from China aimed at highlighting its good ties with France.
Other nations in Europe also have giant pandas, including Austria, Britain, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Finland.
French first lady Brigitte Macron, considered the panda鈥檚 鈥済odmother,鈥� did not attend Saturday鈥檚 celebration. She has already gone to see the baby panda twice. /cbb