Panda Archive

Lun Lun

伦伦

Lun Lun is a female giant panda born on 1997-08-25 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered under studbook number 452 in the global giant panda studbook system, and remains alive as of 2024. She is one of the few giant pandas born in China that has resided in a North American zoological institution for multiple decades. She is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 400) and Ya Ya (studbook 334). Both of her parents are giant pandas born and raised at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, and are part of the foundation captive breeding population for the species. Pan Pan, her father, is one of the most genetically influential giant pandas in the global captive breeding program. Currently living at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, he... she participates in the cooperative giant panda conservation breeding program managed by Chinese wildlife authorities and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. She has lived at Zoo Atlanta since 1999, as part of a long-term collaborative giant panda conservation research partnership between the institution and China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration. As a giant panda, Lun Lun displays typical species-specific foraging behavior, spending 10 to 14 hours daily consuming bamboo. She is a prominent cultural ambassador for China’s panda conservation efforts, drawing millions of visitors to Zoo Atlanta over her residence. Her successful breeding history at the institution has contributed valuable data to global giant panda conservation research.