Article: Ling-Ling's Cub Dies After 3 Days ;Bacterial Infection Thought to Be Cause

Less than a day after suspending news briefings because things were going so well, the National Zoo announced yesterday that its panda cub died Friday night of respiratory arrest, apparently caused by a bacterial infection.

The cub's unexpected death dashed hopes that, after three pregnancies, this latest infant of Ling-Ling's would survive to be the first successfully bred giant panda in the United States.

As late as Friday afternoon, three days after the cub's birth, an upbeat zoo spokesman had said that the only reason for a future news conference would be to announce a name for the cub-or "for bad news."

No cub name was handed out yesterday.

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