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Kang Kang (#635)
康康
deceased male
Born August 4, 2006
Kang Kang is a male giant panda born on 2006-08-04 at Beijing Zoo. He holds studbook number 635 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual pedigree and demographic data for the species. He is the offspring of Gu Gu (studbook 334) and Ying Ying (studbook 377), both adult giant pandas housed at Beijing Zoo during his conception and birth. His pedigree is formally recorded by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Currently living at Beijing Zoo, he participates in the institution’s public education programs focused on giant panda ecology and species conservation. Beijing Zoo is one of China’s oldest zoological institutions, and has hosted giant pandas for public display and conservation outreach since the mid-20th century. As a docile, bamboo-eating male giant panda, Kang Kang regularly draws public attention from domestic and international visitors to Beijing Zoo. He contributes to public awareness of giant panda conservation, and supports research into captive giant panda health and behavior that informs broader species protection efforts across China.
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August 4, 2006
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Beijing Zoo
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Beijing Zoo
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Kang Kang is a male giant panda born on 2006-08-04 at Beijing Zoo. He holds studbook number 635 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual pedigree and demographic data for the species. He is the offspring of Gu Gu (studbook 334) and Ying Ying (studbook 377), both adult giant pandas housed at Beijing Zoo during his conception and birth. His pedigree is formally recorded by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Currently living at Beijing Zoo, he participates in the institution’s public education programs focused on giant panda ecology and species conservation. Beijing Zoo is one of China’s oldest zoological institutions, and has hosted giant pandas for public display and conservation outreach since the mid-20th century. As a docile, bamboo-eating male giant panda, Kang Kang regularly draws public attention from domestic and international visitors to Beijing Zoo. He contributes to public awareness of giant panda conservation, and supports research into captive giant panda health and behavior that informs broader species protection efforts across China.
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Kang Kang (Chinese: ??, meaning “healthy”), studbook number 635, is a male giant panda born on August 4, 2006 at Beijing Zoo. He is the offspring of Gu Gu (??, sb334) and Ying Ying (??, sb377).
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Kang Kang was born and raised at Beijing Zoo and lived there throughout his life. Beijing Zoo is one of China’s oldest and most prominent zoological institutions, having hosted giant pandas since the mid-20th century. Kang Kang was one of several cubs born there as part of the zoo’s ongoing breeding program.
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Trace the transformation of giant panda diplomacy from 1941, when Soong Mei-ling gifted the first pandas to America, through the landmark 1972 Nixon-era exchange, to today's international research loan agreements that channel millions of dollars annually into wild habitat conservation. This is the untold story of how a reclusive mountain bear became the world's most powerful diplomatic animal.
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