Dou Dou

Dou Dou is a female giant panda born on 2000-09-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is recorded under studbook number 503 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks the genetics and life history of all captive giant pandas managed for conservation breeding. She is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 370) and Yong Ba (studbook 322). Both of her parents were long-term residents of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, and contributed to the center’s captive breeding program for the species. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan, he/she participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding program, a core initiative under China’s national giant panda conservation framework. The program aims to maintain genetic diversity within the captive giant panda population and support potential reintroduction efforts for wild populations. As a long-lived captive giant panda, Dou Dou displays typical species traits, including a diet dominated by bamboo and increased activity during early morning and late afternoon. She is a familiar individual to research teams monitoring giant panda biology, and contributes to public education about giant panda conservation at the center. Her lineage helps conservation geneticists maintain healthy captive population structure for this vulnerable species.