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Zhen Zhen (#696)

珍珍

alive female Born August 3, 2007

Zhen Zhen is a female giant panda born on 2007-08-03 at San Diego Zoo. Her studbook number is 696, and she has remained in healthy condition following her birth. She is the offspring of Gao Gao and Bai Yun. Both parents resided at San Diego Zoo at the time of her birth, part of a long-term collaborative giant panda conservation program between the United States and China. Currently living at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, she participates in species survival breeding and public education initiatives focused on giant panda habitat protection. She was transferred to this facility in August 2008, shortly after her first birthday. Zhen Zhen displays typical foraging and climbing behaviors consistent with healthy adult giant pandas, and she serves as a prominent representative of successful cross-border conservation cooperation. Her life cycle supports ongoing research on captive giant panda adaptation to native habitats, contributing to evidence-based protection strategies for the vulnerable species.

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August 3, 2007

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San Diego Zoo

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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

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#696

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Zhen Zhen (Chinese name: 珍珍, studbook number 696) is a female giant panda born on August 3, 2007 at the San Diego Zoo in the United States. She is the third offspring of male panda Gao Gao and female panda Bai Yun, both of whom were residing at the San Diego Zoo at the time of her birth as part of a long-term collaborative giant panda conservation program between the United States and China. Zhen Zhen was born in good health, and veterinary monitoring in her first year of life confirmed she developed age-appropriate motor and feeding behaviors consistent with robust captive panda cubs.

In August 2008, shortly after her first birthday, Zhen Zhen was transferred to the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, in line with the terms of the Sino-U.S. panda cooperation agreement which requires pandas born outside China to return to their native range for breeding and conservation efforts once they reach suitable age. Following her arrival at the center, she underwent a standard acclimation period to adjust to local climatic conditions, native bamboo varieties, and social dynamics with other pandas in the captive population, and acclimated fully without notable health complications.

As of 2024, Zhen Zhen remains a resident of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, where she participates in the species survival breeding program and associated public education initiatives focused on raising awareness of giant panda habitat protection. She displays typical foraging and climbing behaviors consistent with healthy adult giant pandas, and has contributed to multiple research projects investigating the adaptation of captive-born pandas to native range environments, providing data that supports evidence-based protection strategies for the vulnerable species. Her origin as a panda born through cross-border conservation collaboration has made her a prominent representative of the success of international partnerships in advancing endangered species protection outcomes.

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Zhen Zhen (Chinese: ??), studbook number 696, is a female giant panda born on August 3, 2007 at the San Diego Zoo, USA. She is the offspring of Gao Gao (??, sb415) and Bai Yun (??, sb371).

Life at CCRCGP

Zhen Zhen was born at the San Diego Zoo as part of the Sino-US giant panda cooperation program. She returned to China and currently resides at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda (CCRCGP).

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Transfer Aug 3, 2008

Zhen Zhen transferred to china_conservation_and_research_center

Zhen Zhen moved to china_conservation_and_research_center.

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Mei Sheng #563 Su Lin #603 Su Lin #596 Xiao Liwu #851 Yun Zi #749 Zhen Zhen #694

Gong Zhu #477 Hua Mei #487 Long Hui #526

Zhen Zhen has 6 full siblings and 3 half-siblings. The majority share the same mother, Bai Yun .

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Zhen Zhen (#696)

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