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Wen Yang

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Wen Yang is a female giant panda born on 2014-07-26 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is registered under studbook number 897 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual captive giant pandas for population management. She is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 432) and Lei Lei (studbook 685). Both of her parents are established captive giant pandas housed at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, contributing to the center’s captive breeding program. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program for giant pandas. The program works to maintain genetically diverse, sustainable captive giant panda populations to support long-term species recovery. As a captive-bred giant panda, Wen Yang displays typical species behaviors including foraging on bamboo daily and resting for extended periods. She is featured in on-site public education programs at the center that introduce giant panda ecology to visitors. Her participation in breeding programs supports ongoing conservation efforts that helped downgrade the giant panda from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List in 2016.