The 耐える of the ball! 会合，会う Luna the adorable polar 耐える cub who made her public debut at Buffalo Zoo?

Published: 04:23 BST, 2 March 2013 | Updated: 10:18 BST, 4 March 2013

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A cuddly three-month-old polar 耐える was the belle of the ball as she was introduced to the マスコミ for the first time at Buffalo Zoo in upstate New York Friday.?

The fluffy debutante, her fur like soft, snow-white 夜明け, was placed in a 一時しのぎの物，策 enclosure, where she purred in 明らかな content after 存在瓶／封じ込める-fed by veterinary 専門家技術者 Alice Rochauer.

The young 耐える has been 愛称d Luna, but the zoo will 持つ／拘留する a 指名するing contest on its Facebook page. There will also be a camera 始める，決める許すing online 使用者s to follow baby Luna as she grows.

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Bashful: The three-month-old polar bear cub is the center of attention as she is introduced to members of the media at the Buffalo Zoo

Bashful: The three-month-old polar 耐える cub is the 中心 of attention as she is introduced to members of the マスコミ at the Buffalo Zoo

The youngster's first public 外見 at the zoo Friday 示すd the 開始する，打ち上げる of 'Our 耐えるs Belong in Buffalo' fundraising （選挙などの）運動をする.

Zoo 大統領 Donna Fernandez told reporters who turned out for the event that the goal is to raise $4million ーするために build the cub a new home as part of the planned 北極の辛勝する／優位展示（する）.

'We're hoping to keep her here, but that can only happen if we 完全にする the （選挙などの）運動をする on time,' she said.

The 1.5 acre 陳列する，発揮する will feature two pools of waters with 見解（をとる）ing windows that will 許す the public to watch the 耐えるs at play.

There will also be separate 見解（をとる）ing areas for bald eagles, waterfowl, 北極の wolves and Canadian lynx.

The Buffalo News 報告（する）／憶測d that so far, the zoo has raised 80 per cent of the total sum needed for the 展示（する）, which 量s to about $14.2million. The 残り／休憩（する） of the money will go に向かって building a new 入り口.?

Fluffy baby: Veterinary technician Alice Rochauer holds the cub nicknamed Luna during an event to launch the 'Our B
ears Belong in Buffalo' fundraising campaign

Fluffy baby: Veterinary 専門家技術者 Alice Rochauer 持つ／拘留するs the cub 愛称d Luna during an event to 開始する，打ち上げる the 'Our 耐えるs Belong in Buffalo' fundraising （選挙などの）運動をする

Cuddly cub: Luna was only one of three polar bears born in captivity in the U.S. this year, and she is now waiting to move into a new home as part of a new zoo exhibit

Cuddly cub: Luna was only one of three polar 耐えるs born in 捕らわれた in the U.S. this year, and she is now waiting to move into a new home as part of a new zoo 展示（する）

The zoo's outdated, century-old polar 耐える pen no longer met 国家の husbandry 基準s, 軍隊ing the 行政 to relocate the three-month-old cub's parents until the new 展示（する）'s planned 2015 開始.

The cub was born on November 27, 重さを計るing 1.5lbs. She no w clocks in at 23lbs. Her mother, Anana, was born in 捕らわれた, while her father, Nanuq, was 救助（する）d from the wild after 存在孤児d in Alaska, WIVB 報告（する）／憶測d.

She is only one of three polar 耐えるs born in 捕らわれた last year in the U.S. Only 31 国内の menageries can 誇る having a polar 耐える in their collection.?

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