Da Shuang

Da Shuang is a female giant panda born on 1997-09-01 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Registered as studbook number 453 in the global giant panda breeding registry, she is one of the long-term resident giant pandas at the Chengdu base, with a documented health and breeding history spanning more than 25 years. She is the offspring of Baoxiong (studbook 354) and Ya Ya (studbook 280), both captive-bred giant pandas held at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding at the time of her birth. Her lineage is part of the core captive giant panda population managed by China’s national conservation program. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, she participates in the base’s coordinated captive breeding program for giant pandas, a global initiative focused on increasing the species’ population size and genetic diversity. As a mature captive-bred giant panda, Da Shuang displays the species-characteristic herbivorous diet focused almost exclusively on bamboo, and calm, territorial behavioral traits. She is a popular subject of visitor observation at the Chengdu base, and contributes to the genetic diversity of the managed giant panda population, supporting ongoing species recovery efforts that have downlisted the giant panda from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.