Yu Hin

Yu Hin is a male giant panda born on 2001-12-17 at Adventure World, Wakayama, Japan. He is listed as studbook number 541 in the global giant panda breeding registry, which tracks individual captive giant pandas for coordinated conservation management. He is the offspring of Ba Xi and Yong Ba, two giant pandas transferred to Adventure World for a joint research breeding program between China and Japan. Both of his parents are registered giant pandas from Sichuan Province’s wild panda population that were brought into captive breeding to expand the species’ genetic diversity. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, he participates in the base’s captive giant panda breeding program, which supports ex-situ conservation efforts for the species. The program focuses on maintaining genetically healthy captive populations and coordinating with in-situ protection work in Sichuan’s native giant panda habitats. As an older male giant panda, Yu Hin displays typical foraging behaviors, spending most of his daily time feeding on bamboo. He is a popular subject at the Chengdu Base for visitor education on giant panda conservation, representing decades of international collaborative conservation work for this vulnerable species. His genetic lineage contributes to the broader genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population.