Panda Archive

Xue Xue

雪雪

Xue Xue is a female giant panda born on 1988-01-01 in the wild of the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province, China. She was rescued as an injured juvenile cub by local wildlife authorities and transferred to the Shaanxi Wild Animal Rescue and Breeding Research Center for rehabilitation. She is the offspring of two unnamed wild giant pandas native to the Qinling mountain range. As one of the early wild-rescued giant pandas in Chinese breeding programs, her studbook number is 321 maintained by the China Giant Panda Studbook. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, she participates in the center’s long-term behavioral research and ex situ conservation programs for the species. The center monitors her health and activity to collect data on the longevity of wild-origin giant pandas in human care. This giant panda is recognized as one of the longest-lived wild-rescued giant pandas in Chinese conservation history. Her life has contributed to research on wild giant panda adaptation to human care, and she has been a subject for public education on giant panda conservation at the center. Her survival has provided valuable baseline data for improving future wild giant panda rescue protocols.