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Bai Yun (白云, "White Cloud"), studbook #371, is a female giant panda born September 7, 1991 at Wolong Hetaoping Base. She...
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Long Hui
龙徽
deceased male
Born September 26, 2000
Long Hui was a male giant panda born on September 26, 2000 at the Wolong Hetaoping Base. He moved to Vienna's Schonbrunn Zoo in 2003 with female Yang Yang, becoming the first giant pandas in Austria. Through natural mating, they produced five cubs, setting a European record. Long Hui died on December 9, 2016 during surgery for a tumor.
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Birth date
September 26, 2000
Birth place
Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base
Current location
Tiergarten Schönbrunn
Status
Deceased
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Long Hui was a male giant panda born on September 26, 2000 at the Wolong Hetaoping Base. He moved to Vienna's Schonbrunn Zoo in 2003 with female Yang Yang, becoming the first giant pandas in Austria. Through natural mating, they produced five cubs, setting a European record. Long Hui died on December 9, 2016 during surgery for a tumor.
Basic Profile
Long Hui (Chinese name: 龙徽, studbook number 526) was a male giant panda born on September 26, 2000 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda’s Hetaoping Base in Wolong, Sichuan. His father was Xin Xing (新兴, studbook 350) and his mother was Tang Tang (唐唐, studbook 371). His notable siblings include Princess (公主), Ye Ye (晔晔), Gu Gu (古古), Lin Yang (林阳), Lin Hui (林惠), and Ju Xiao (菊笑).
Life Journey
Transfer to Austria (2003)
On March 3, 2003, Long Hui and female panda Yang Yang (阳阳) departed China for the Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, marking the beginning of the China-Austria giant panda conservation cooperation program. They arrived at the zoo’s panda exhibit on March 14, 2003. The original loan was for 10 years, later extended to 21 years.
Long Hui and Yang Yang became the zoo’s most popular attractions and were frequently covered by local media.
Natural Breeding Achievement
Long Hui and Yang Yang achieved remarkable breeding success entirely through natural mating. On March 23, 2016, they completed a successful natural mating, becoming the first giant panda pair in Europe to do so.
Their offspring:
- Fu Long (福龙): Born August 23, 2007 (twin, one cub did not survive). Returned to China in 2009.
- Fu Hu (福虎): Born 2010. Returned to China.
- Fu Bao (福豹): Born 2013. Returned to China.
- Fu Ban (福伴) and Fu Feng (福凤): Twin cubs (male and female) born August 7, 2016. Returned to China.
This breeding record set the European record for captive giant panda natural mating and production.
Death
In November 2016, Long Hui began showing symptoms of reduced appetite, weakness, and rapid weight loss. An ultrasound on December 6 revealed a 10-centimeter tumor in his abdomen. Zoo veterinarians, consulting with Chinese experts, decided to perform a CT scan to determine if surgery was needed. During anesthesia induction on December 9, 2016, Long Hui’s heart stopped. He was 16 years old.
On February 7, 2017, his remains were taxidermied and returned to China.
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Tiergarten Schönbrunn
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Vienna's Miracle: How Schönbrunn Zoo Achieves Natural Panda Mating
The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna is the only zoo in Europe where giant pandas have consistently achieved natural mating without artificial insemination. This article examines the environmental, behavioral, and husbandry factors — enclosure design, minimal human interference, seasonal light cycling — that have made Vienna the global model for natural panda reproduction.
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The 72-Hour Window: Panda Estrus, Delayed Implantation, and the Science of Making Cubs
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