Panda Archive

Xing Guang Second

星光

Xing Guang Second is a male giant panda born on 22 July 2022 at Dalian Zoo. He is registered as number 1334 in the global giant panda studbook, and has remained in good health since his birth. This birth marked a successful captive breeding event for the institution’s giant panda conservation program. He is the offspring of Jin Ke, studbook number 1109, and Wu Wen, studbook number 809. Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas with documented lineage traced through the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda national studbook system. Currently living at Dalian Zoo, he participates in public education programming for giant panda conservation awareness and routine captive population monitoring managed by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China. His daily care follows standardized captive giant panda husbandry protocols developed for the species. As a young captive-born giant panda, he displays typical species traits including climbing and foraging on bamboo. He is a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to Dalian Zoo, supporting public understanding of endangered species protection. He contributes to the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, which supports ongoing conservation efforts for the species in the wild.