Yun Zi

Yun Zi is a male giant panda born on 2009-08-05 at San Diego Zoo. He is listed under studbook number 760 in the official global giant panda breeding registry. He is the offspring of Xiao Shuang and mother Xin Xin. Both of his parents were part of the long-term giant panda cooperative breeding agreement between Chinese and United States wildlife conservation institutions. Currently living at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, he participates in the center’s captive breeding and species research programs. He was transferred to this facility in 2010 after reaching the first year of his life. Yun Zi displays typical foraging and climbing behaviors common to his species, with a documented preference for bamboo species native to Sichuan, China. His birth and cross-border transfer served as a public case study for international giant panda conservation cooperation, supporting public education efforts on the species’ vulnerable conservation status for audiences in both the US and China.