Panda Archive

Shin Shin

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Shin Shin is a female giant panda born on 2005-07-03 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Her studbook number is 610, marking her as an officially registered individual in global giant panda breeding records. She is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 490) and Tang Ping (studbook 480). Both of her parents are captive-bred giant pandas with established lineages from core Chinese giant panda conservation breeding programs. Currently living at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, she participates in the zoo’s giant panda public education and ex-situ conservation initiatives. Her residency at the zoo supports public outreach about giant panda ecology and global cooperative conservation efforts. As a calm, scent-marking female giant panda, Shin Shin is a major cultural attraction for Ueno Zoo, drawing millions of local and international visitors annually. She contributes to global public awareness of giant panda recovery, and her participation in cooperative breeding programs supports genetic diversity management for the species, which was downgraded from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to decades of conservation work.