Giant panda Tuan Tuan eats food at the Taipei Zoo, southeast China's Taiwan, Jan. 23, 2011. A celebration was held in Taipei Zoo Sunday to mark the second anniversary of receiving two giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan from the Chinese mainland. The Chinese mainland sent Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan (together meaning "reunion"), as a gift to Taiwan in December 2008. [Photo: xinhua]

Taibei Zoo denies an earlier report that the giant panda Tuantuan has died of canine distemper, an acute infectious disease.

According to a recent local media report in Taiwan, the giant panda Tuantuan is safe and sound in the zoo and the announcement of the death of the panda earlier this morning is a rumour.

Tuan Tuan is one of a panda pair which were sent to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland as a gift in 2008.