Rau Hin

Rau Hin is a female giant panda born on 2000-09-06 at Adventure World, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. This female giant panda holds studbook number 515 in the global giant panda registry, and is one of the longest-residing giant pandas at her birth facility. She is the offspring of father Yong Ming (studbook 390) and mother Mei Meng (studbook 412). Both of her parents were giant pandas on long-term loan from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, as part of a collaborative research program. Currently living at Adventure World, she participates in the facility’s public education and captive breeding conservation programs for the species. Adventure World is a major Japanese zoological park that has hosted international giant panda conservation collaborations since the 1990s. As a mature captive-born giant panda, Rau Hin has supported public awareness of giant panda conservation in Japan through regular public display. She has contributed to research on captive giant panda behavior and welfare, helping refine international captive management practices. Her long tenure at Adventure World exemplifies the success of cross-border giant panda conservation partnerships between China and Japan.