Pyry

Pyry is a male giant panda born on 2014-07-10 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is listed as studbook number 1074 in the global giant panda breeding registry, and he remained at his birth institution for four years after birth before an international conservation exchange arrangement. He is the offspring of Gu Gu (studbook 606) and Wu Wen (studbook 535). Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas resident at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, and both have contributed to the center’s long-term captive breeding program for the species. Currently living at Ahtari Zoo in Finland, he participates in the facility’s public education programming and cooperative captive giant panda research initiatives. Ahtari Zoo hosts regular monitoring of his behavior and health to support global understanding of captive giant panda welfare. As a male captive giant panda, Pyry draws consistent public visitor interest, supporting Ahtari Zoo’s outreach about global biodiversity protection. His presence in Finland advances international cooperation for giant panda conservation, bridging Chinese conservation expertise and European public engagement with the species’ threatened status.