Hai Tao

Hai Tao is a male giant panda born on 2019-07-25 at Hainan Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1332 in the global giant panda captive breeding registry, and is one of the few giant pandas permanently housed in a tropical zoo facility in southern China. He is the offspring of Lu Lu and Ya Ya, both adult captive-bred giant pandas originally relocated from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to Hainan Zoo in 2018. Currently living at Hainan Zoo, he participates in the captive breeding program coordinated by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China, which supports giant panda conservation efforts across the species’ native range in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. As a young adult giant panda, Hai Tao displays typical species traits, including a daily diet of primarily bamboo and extended resting periods. He is a major attraction for public wildlife education at Hainan Zoo, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation and the importance of protecting endangered large mammal habitats in China.