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Bao Lan

宝兰

alive female Born July 15, 2010

Bao Lan is a female giant panda born on 2010-07-15 at Atlanta Zoo. She is the offspring of Yang Yang and Lun Lun. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program for the species. The program works to maintain genetic diversity among captive giant pandas and supports potential reintroduction efforts for wild populations. As a giant panda born outside of China that was repatriated to complete breeding programming, Bao Lan holds clear conservation value. Giant pandas are classified as vulnerable by the IUCN, and cross-institutional collaboration between zoos like Atlanta Zoo and Chinese conservation bodies supports long-term species recovery. Bao Lan also draws public attention to giant panda conservation efforts, helping raise broader awareness about habitat protection in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

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July 15, 2010

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Zoo Atlanta

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Bao Lan (Chinese name: 宝兰, studbook number 773) is a female giant panda born on July 15, 2010 at Zoo Atlanta in the United States. She is the offspring of Lun Lun and Yang Yang, two giant pandas on long-term loan to Zoo Atlanta as part of the long-running collaborative conservation partnership between Chinese wildlife authorities and international zoological institutions. Her birth was widely celebrated by local communities in Atlanta, drawing thousands of visitors to the zoo during her first year of life and generating public interest in giant panda conservation across the U.S. southeast.

On her first birthday, July 15, 2011, Bao Lan was transferred to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, as required by the terms of international giant panda loan agreements that stipulate all cubs born outside China be repatriated to join the species’ captive breeding program once they reach weaning age. She has resided at the center ever since, participating in its coordinated captive breeding initiative designed to preserve genetic diversity within the global captive giant panda population. The program’s findings and population management frameworks also directly support potential reintroduction efforts to supplement vulnerable wild giant panda populations in their native southwest China habitats.

As a panda born in an international zoo before repatriation, Bao Lan represents the tangible impact of cross-border conservation collaboration between institutions like Zoo Atlanta and Chinese panda research bodies. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies giant pandas as vulnerable, with habitat fragmentation in Sichuan Province remaining a core threat to long-term species recovery. Bao Lan’s public profile, built in part from her early visibility at Zoo Atlanta, continues to draw public attention to these ongoing threats, helping raise broader awareness of the need for targeted habitat protection and transnational collaborative conservation efforts for the species.

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Bao Lan (Chinese: ??), studbook number 773, is a female giant panda born on August 19, 2009 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Wolong, Sichuan. She is the offspring of Zhu Zhu (??) and Wu Gang (??).

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Bao Lan was born and raised at the CCRCGP and continues to reside there as part of the center’s conservation breeding program.

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Mei Lan #649 Mei Lun #807 Po Shan Shan #702 Xi Lan #731

Er Xi #792

Ya Lun Ya Lun #1089

Bao Lan has 5 full siblings and 3 half-siblings. The majority share the same mother, Lun Lun .

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