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Mao Mao (#504)
毛毛
deceased female
Born January 1, 1999
Mao Mao (毛毛, #504) was a female giant panda born in the wild in Beichuan in 1999 and rescued in April 2000. Named after singer Mao Amin's adoption, she raised three cubs and starred in the film "The Last Trick." She died in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
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January 1, 1999
Birth place
Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base
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Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base
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Deceased
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Mao Mao (毛毛, #504) was a female giant panda born in the wild in Beichuan in 1999 and rescued in April 2000. Named after singer Mao Amin's adoption, she raised three cubs and starred in the film "The Last Trick." She died in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
⚠️ Three pandas share the name Mao Mao. This page is #504, the wild-born female rescued in 2000 who died in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. She is not the same as #570 Fu Wa (福娃), the Chengdu-born veteran dam and mother of Re Gan Mian (Ping Ping #1230) selected for Zoo Atlanta in 2026.
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Mao Mao (毛毛, studbook number 504) was a female giant panda born in 1999 in the wild in Beichuan County (北川县), Sichuan. She was rescued and moved to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (Wolong) on April 29, 2000. Later that year she was adopted by pop singer Mao Amin (毛阿敏), who paid the first year’s care fee of 30,000 yuan at a July 29 adoption ceremony — and it was then that she received the name “Mao Mao”.
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| Relation | Name | Studbook |
|---|---|---|
| Son | Wang Wang (网网), once at Adelaide Zoo | 620 |
| Daughter | Xi Dou (喜豆) | 654 |
| Younger sister | Ya Yun (娅韵) | — |
| Grandson | Jing Jing (京京), first panda born in Qatar | 1166 |
Life Journey
- 1999: Born in the wild in Beichuan County, Sichuan.
- 2000-04-29: Rescued and taken to the Wolong base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
- 2000-07: Adopted by singer Mao Amin; officially named “Mao Mao.”
- 2005-08-31: Gave birth to her first cub, Wang Wang (网网).
- 2006-09-24: Gave birth to her daughter Xi Dou (喜豆).
- 2008: Appeared in the film The Last Trick (《熊猫回家路》).
- 2008-05-12: Went missing in the Wenchuan earthquake. On June 5 rescuers found her buried beneath a collapsed enclosure wall and mudflow debris; because of the rubble her body could not be recovered at once. On June 10, once the wall was moved away, staff held a formal funeral for her at Wolong. She left behind three cubs — the eldest three years old, the youngest under one.
- 2009-05-08: When The Last Trick opened one year after the quake, the film’s closing titles carried a memorial message for Mao Mao.
Her son Wang Wang (网网, studbook 620) later made history as one of the first giant pandas to live in the Southern Hemisphere, at Adelaide Zoo. Her daughter Xi Dou (喜豆, studbook 654) became one of CCRCGP’s most successful mothers.
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