Meng Meng

Meng Meng is a female giant panda born on 2013-07-10 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as studbook number 868 in the global giant panda studbook system maintained by international conservation organizations. She is the offspring of Chengda and Haizhu, both captive-bred giant pandas with registered studbook numbers 749 and 567 respectively. Her lineage is part of the managed captive breeding program for giant pandas coordinated by the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. Currently living at Berlin Zoo, he participates in coordinated conservation breeding initiatives and public education programming for giant pandas. The facility meets international standards for giant panda husbandry, and hosts regular monitoring of her health and behavior by joint teams of German and Chinese wildlife specialists. As a giant panda, Meng Meng displays the species-characteristic reliance on bamboo for 99 percent of her diet, and regularly engages in species-typical foraging and resting behaviors. She serves as a cultural and conservation ambassador between China and Germany, drawing millions of visitors to Berlin Zoo each year and raising global public awareness of the protected status of giant pandas, which remain classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.