A Czech zoo is celebrating the birth of an endangered baby Chinese pangolin, a species which is under threat in its native southeast Asia and China due to habitat destruction and poaching.

The new arrival, a female, is only the second of the species to have been successfully bred in captivity in Europe, Prague Zoo keeper David Vala said. The first was also born in the zoo last year.

All species of pangolins are under threat of poaching for their characteristic scales, for use in traditional medicine as well as footwear and accessories, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Separately, the zoo helped certain residents, such as polar bears and otters, cool down by scattering ice cubes in their enclosures as temperatures in Prague on Wednesday (July 10) rose above 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit).

(Production: David Cerny, Lewis Macdonald)

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