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Jia Jia
嘉嘉
alive female
Born July 28, 2012
Jia Jia (嘉嘉, studbook #846) is a female giant panda born July 28, 2012 at CCRCGP Wolong. Daughter of Hua Mei, she was Hua Mei's fifth litter and was born at the center's Wolong facility after the 2008 earthquake reconstruction.
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July 28, 2012
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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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Jia Jia (嘉嘉, studbook #846) is a female giant panda born July 28, 2012 at CCRCGP Wolong. Daughter of Hua Mei, she was Hua Mei's fifth litter and was born at the center's Wolong facility after the 2008 earthquake reconstruction.
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Jia Jia (Chinese: 嘉嘉), studbook number 846, is a female giant panda born on July 28, 2012 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan. She is the daughter of Hua Mei (华美, studbook 487) — the first overseas-born panda to return to China — and was Hua Mei’s fifth surviving cub.
Jia Jia was born at the Wolong facility following the post-2008 earthquake reconstruction, where Hua Mei had been relocated after the Wenchuan earthquake destroyed the original center.
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Dujiangyan, China
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