Ding Ding

Ding Ding is a female giant panda born on 2017-07-30 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is registered in the global giant panda studbook under number 1072, and remains alive as of 2024. She is the offspring of Bing Bang (studbook number 581) and Xi Zi (studbook number 408). Both of her parents are captive-bred giant pandas managed under the coordinated species survival program for giant pandas run by Chinese conservation authorities. Currently living at Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, she participates in the international giant panda conservation partnership between the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda and Russian zoological institutions. She is one of two giant pandas hosted at Moscow Zoo as part of the 10-year collaborative research agreement. As a captive-bred giant panda, Ding Ding displays typical foraging behaviors, spending most of her daily time feeding on bamboo. She serves as a global conservation ambassador for the species, drawing public attention to giant panda protection and habitat preservation efforts in China’s Sichuan province.