Hai Hai

Hai Hai is a male giant panda born on 2018-07-29 at Hainan Zoo. He is registered in the global giant panda studbook under the number 1309, and remains in good health as of the latest official records. Hainan Zoo, located in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, is a public zoological institution that participates in national giant panda conservation programming. He is the offspring of Lu Lu, father studbook number 649, and Ya Ya, mother studbook number 595. Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas with confirmed pedigrees included in the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda’s central studbook system. His lineage traces back to wild giant panda populations native to the Min Mountains of Sichuan Province. Currently living at Hainan Zoo, he participates in public education programming for giant panda conservation and routine captive population health monitoring. The facility maintains a dedicated enclosure that replicates the cool, bamboo-rich forest habitat that giant pandas occupy in their native range. Care teams collect regular behavioral data that contributes to global captive giant panda research. As a popular resident of Hainan Zoo, Hai Hai draws regular public visitors who learn about giant panda conservation through on-site exhibits. He displays typical giant panda behavior, spending most of his day feeding on bamboo and resting. His presence supports public engagement with giant panda protection, a national conservation priority in China that has led to the downlisting of wild giant pandas from endangered to vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.