Copenhagen's waiting for panda mating

STORY: Copenhagen's waiting for panda mating DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Copenhagen Zoo 2. spectators at Panda House of Copenhagen Zoo 3. various of the pandas 4. SOUNDBITE (English): MADS BERTELSEN, Head of animal operations, Copenhagen Zoo 5. SOUNDBITE (English): MAGNUS LAUESGAARD, Visitor 6. SOUNDBITE (English): MADS BERTELSEN, Head of animal operations, Copenhagen Zoo 7. SOUNDBITE (English): ELISABETH CASANOVA, Visitor 8. SOUNDBITE (English): MADS BERTELSEN, Head of animal operations, Copenhagen Zoo 9. various of the pandas STORYLINE: The staff and visitors to Copenhagen Zoo have pooled their resources in recent days to encourage Xing Er, a male Chinese giant panda, to mate with his lady, Mao Sun, for the third time in as many years. Expectations are running high for the birth of a panda baby on Danish soil. To avoid natural aggression towards each other, the two pandas live very separate lives during the year. After detecti