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Netherlands
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Country 1 location 3 pandas
Netherlands appears in the archive through long-term conservation partnerships, local institutions, and the pandas connected to them.
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Places in Netherlands
1 location recorded
Panda profiles
Pandas connected to Netherlands
3 pandas recorded
Currently in Netherlands
The active panda profiles tied to institutions in this country.
Fan Xing
梵星
6 years old
Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Fan Xing (梵星) is a female giant panda born May 1, 2020 at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands — the first giant panda cub e...
captive-bred ouwehands-zoo netherlands
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Wu Wen
武雯
12 years old
Ouwehands Zoo
Wu Wen (武雯) is a female giant panda born August 11, 2013 at Yaan Bifengxia Base. In April 2017 she traveled to Ouwehands...
captive-bred ouwehands-zoo netherlands
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Xing Ya
星雅
12 years old
Ouwehands Zoo
Xing Ya (星雅) is a male giant panda born August 5, 2013 at Yaan Bifengxia Base. In April 2017 he traveled to Ouwehands Zo...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded inside this country.
Fan Xing
梵星
6 years old
Ouwehands Zoo
Fan Xing (梵星) is a female giant panda born May 1, 2020 at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands — the first giant panda cub e...
captive-bred ouwehands-zoo netherlands
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Further reading connected to Netherlands
Featured
Culture 📚 general
80 Years of Panda Diplomacy: From Wartime Gifts to Global Research Loans
Trace the transformation of giant panda diplomacy from 1941, when Soong Mei-ling gifted the first pandas to America, through the landmark 1972 Nixon-era exchange, to today's international research loan agreements that channel millions of dollars annually into wild habitat conservation. This is the untold story of how a reclusive mountain bear became the world's most powerful diplomatic animal.
2 pandas
diplomacy history panda-loan
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Nature 📚 general
Feeding Pandas Across Europe: The Transnational Bamboo Supply Chain
Every panda in a European zoo eats 12-38 kilograms of fresh bamboo daily — none of which grows naturally in European forests. This article traces the hidden logistics infrastructure: dedicated plantations in southern France, weekly refrigerated truck deliveries crossing borders, the economics of panda food, and the emergency networks that keep pandas fed when supply chains break.
1 panda
europe bamboo supply-chain
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Recent activity
What the archive has recorded here
2022
Dec 23
Fan Xing's Sex Corrected to Female
A routine health check revealed that Fan Xing, initially believed to be male, was actually female — making international headlines as keepers had cared for her for over two years under the wrong assumption.
Read update 2020
Aug 14
Fan Xing Named at Ouwehands Zoo
On her 100th day, Fan Xing was officially named through a public vote. "Fan" honors Van Gogh, "Xing" comes from her father Xing Ya — together evoking the famous "Starry Night."
Read update 2020
May 1
Birth of Fan Xing
Fan Xing was born at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands — the first giant panda ever born in the country, weighing a healthy size and conceived through natural mating.
Read update 2017
Apr 12
Xing Ya transferred to ouwehands_zoo
Xing Ya arrived at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands alongside Wu Wen for a 15-year conservation partnership.
Read update 2017
Apr 11
Activity in this country has been recorded in the archive since 2014.
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