Giant panda Yinghua is grieving three days after the death of her first cub and is recovering in the delivery room of Beijing Zoo.

On July 3, at 4:45 am, when the little panda was lying on the lower jaw of her mother and making noises for milk, Yinghua responded to the sound by turning her head, accidentally squashing the little panda to death, said Zhang Jinguo, vice-president of the Beijing Zoo.

Zhang said staff at the zoo performed an autopsy on the cub and found internal bleeding in its right shoulder and liver, the Beijing Times reported.