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Yuan Du Du

圆嘟嘟

Yuan Du Du is a female giant panda born on 2021-08-02 at Beauval Zoo. Born to two giant pandas that moved to France as part of a Sino-French collaborative conservation program, she is the third giant panda cub born at Beauval Zoo since the program launched in 2012. Her studbook number is 1282, and she is registered in the global giant panda studbook managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is the offspring of Yuan Zi and Huan Huan. Both of her parents were loaned from the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China, and they maintain permanent registration in the global coordinated breeding program for endangered giant pandas. Her father holds studbook number 550, and her mother holds studbook number 649. Currently living at Beauval Zoo, she participates in public education programming for giant panda conservation and monitored research on giant panda juvenile development. The zoo maintains her enclosure to mimic the bamboo forest habitat giant pandas rely on in their native range in central China. As a giant panda born outside of China as part of international conservation collaboration, Yuan Du Du draws public attention to global efforts to protect endangered species. She is recognized as a cultural symbol of Sino-French biodiversity cooperation, exhibiting typical juvenile giant panda traits including frequent climbing and playful interaction with enrichment structures. Her presence supports ongoing research that improves captive breeding and habitat protection practices for the species.