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Ya Lun (#1089)

雅伦

alive female Born September 3, 2016

Ya Lun is a female giant panda born on 2016-09-03 at Atlanta Zoo. She is recorded as studbook number 1089 in the global giant panda population registry, maintaining standardized demographic tracking for the species’ coordinated conservation management. She is the offspring of Yang Guang and Lun Lun. Both of her parents are adult giant pandas on long-term loan from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to Atlanta Zoo for collaborative research and public education programming. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (Wolong Base), she participates in the center’s species adaptation training program for giant pandas, which prepares captive-born individuals for potential future integration into protected wild habitats. As a captive-born giant panda raised in North America before repatriation to China, Ya Lun draws regular public attention from both international and domestic audiences, boosting public awareness of giant panda conservation. Her documented developmental and behavioral patterns support ongoing research into captive giant panda welfare and cross-environment acclimation, providing valuable data for global collaborative giant panda conservation initiatives.

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Birth date

September 3, 2016

Birth place

Zoo Atlanta

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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

Status

Alive

Studbook

#1089

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Ya Lun (Chinese name: 雅伦) is a female giant panda born on September 3, 2016, at Zoo Atlanta, assigned the global giant panda studbook number 1089. Her mother is Lun Lun, a giant panda on long-term research loan to Zoo Atlanta from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, and her father is Qin He. Her birth was part of a long-running collaborative conservation and public education partnership between Zoo Atlanta and Chinese panda management authorities, which supports coordinated demographic tracking for the global captive giant panda population. She spent the first year of her life at Zoo Atlanta, where staff monitored her early developmental milestones as part of routine captive panda welfare research.

In September 2017, on her first birthday, Ya Lun was transferred to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda’s Wolong Base, completing her repatriation to her species’ native range. Upon arrival, she was enrolled in the center’s species adaptation training program, which is designed to build the foraging, anti-predator, and environmental navigation skills of captive-born pandas to support potential future release into protected wild giant panda habitats. Her transition from a North American zoological setting to a facility adjacent to core panda wild habitat has been closely tracked by conservation researchers to refine acclimation protocols for pandas repatriated from international collaborative programs.

Ya Lun’s cross-continental life history has made her a point of consistent public interest for audiences in both China and the United States, drawing increased public attention to the value of international cooperative conservation efforts for vulnerable species. Long-term observations of her behavioral and developmental patterns across both captive environments have contributed valuable data to ongoing studies of captive giant panda welfare, inter-environment acclimation, and the feasibility of integrating captive-born individuals into wild populations, supporting the broader goals of global giant panda conservation strategy.

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Ya Lun (Chinese: ??), studbook number 1089, is a female giant panda born in the wild and rescued at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Wolong, Sichuan.

Life at CCRCGP

Ya Lun was rescued from the wild and brought to the CCRCGP, where she resides as part of the center’s population.

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Transfer Sep 3, 2017

Ya Lun transferred to china_conservation_and_research_center

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Birth Sep 3, 2016

Birth of Ya Lun

Ya Lun was born at atlanta_zoo.

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Father Mother Half-siblings (grouped)

Cang Cang #836 Gan Yu #1100 He Feng #960 Jiao Na #845 Qiao Ke #1048 Qiao Yuan #1044 Qiao Yue Shui Lan #847 Xin Hao Xin Rui #942 Xue Du Xue Qiu #1064

Bao Lan Mei Lan #649 Mei Lun #807 Po Shan Shan #702 Xi Lan #731 Ya Lun

Ya Lun has 19 half-siblings. The majority share the same father, Qin He , indicating a highly prolific paternal lineage.

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Ya Lun (#1089)

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