Fu Fu

Fu Fu is a male giant panda born on 2012-07-15 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. His studbook number is 866, and he remains alive as of the latest official census of captive giant pandas maintained by global conservation authorities. He is the offspring of Xiong Bang and Hao Hao. Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas that have been part of the China Conservation and Research Center’s coordinated breeding program since 2000. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center’s Wolong base in Sichuan Province, he participates in the center’s long-term giant panda captive breeding and behavioral research initiatives. The program works to maintain genetic diversity within the captive giant panda population and prepare selected individuals for potential reintroduction to protected wild habitats. As a mature captive giant panda, he displays typical species traits including a bamboo-dominated diet and regular territorial scent-marking. He has appeared in official educational programming about giant panda conservation hosted by the China Conservation and Research Center, raising public awareness of the species’ recovery trajectory. His participation in breeding programs supports the long-term survival of the giant panda, a species that has moved from endangered to vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to coordinated conservation work.